Ayub 33:10-12

33:10 ¹ Yet God ²  finds occasions ³  with me;

he regards me as his enemy!

33:11 ⁴ He puts my feet in shackles;

he watches closely all my paths.’

33:12 Now in this, you are not right – I answer you, ⁵ 

for God is greater than a human being. ⁶ 

[33:10]  ¹ sn See Job 10:13ff.; 19:6ff.; and 13:24.

[33:10]  ² tn Heb “he”; the referent (God) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[33:10]  ³ tn The Hebrew means “frustrations” or “oppositions.” The RSV has “displeasure,” NIV “faults,” and NRSV “occasions.” Rashi chose the word found in Judg 14:4 – with metathesis – meaning “pretexts” (תֹּאֲנוֹת, to’anot); this is followed by NAB, NASB.

[33:11]  ⁴ sn See Job 13:27.

[33:12]  ⁵ tn The meaning of this verb is “this is my answer to you.”

[33:12]  ⁶ tc The LXX has “he that is above men is eternal.” Elihu is saying that God is far above Job’s petty problems.