Ayub 21:15

21:15 Who is the Almighty, that ¹  we should serve him?

What would we gain

if we were to pray ²  to him?’ ³ 

Ayub 30:1

Job’s Present Misery

30:1 “But now they mock me, those who are younger ⁴  than I,

whose fathers I disdained too much ⁵ 

to put with my sheep dogs. ⁶ 

[21:15]  ¹ tn The interrogative clause is followed by ki, similar to Exod 5:2, “Who is Yahweh, that I should obey him?”

[21:15]  ² tn The verb פָּגַע (paga’) means “to encounter; to meet,” but also “to meet with request; to intercede; to interpose.” The latter meaning is a derived meaning by usage.

[21:15]  ³ tn The verse is not present in the LXX. It may be that it was considered too blasphemous and therefore omitted.

[30:1]  ⁴ tn Heb “smaller than I for days.”

[30:1]  ⁵ tn Heb “who I disdained their fathers to set…,” meaning “whose fathers I disdained to set.” The relative clause modifies the young fellows who mock; it explains that Job did not think highly enough of them to put them with the dogs. The next verse will explain why.

[30:1]  ⁶ sn Job is mocked by young fellows who come from low extraction. They mocked their elders and their betters. The scorn is strong here – dogs were despised as scavengers.