Ayub 35:10

35:10 But no one says, ‘Where is God, my Creator,

who gives songs in the night, ¹ 

Ayub 38:4

God’s questions to Job

38:4 “Where were you

when I laid the foundation ²  of the earth?

Tell me, ³  if you possess understanding!

Ayub 39:30

39:30 And its young ones devour the blood,

and where the dead carcasses ⁴  are,

there it is.”

Ayub 34:22

34:22 There is no darkness, and no deep darkness,

where evildoers can hide themselves. ⁵ 

[35:10]  ¹ tn There have been several attempts to emend the line, none of which are particularly helpful or interesting. H. H. Rowley (Job [NCBC], 225) says, “It is a pity to rob Elihu of a poetic line when he creates one.”

[38:4]  ² tn The construction is the infinitive construct in a temporal clause, using the preposition and the subjective genitive suffix.

[38:4]  ³ tn The verb is the imperative; it has no object “me” in the text.

[39:30]  ⁴ tn The word חֲלָלִים (khalalim) designates someone who is fatally wounded, literally the “pierced one,” meaning anyone or thing that dies a violent death.

[34:22]  ⁵ tn The construction of this colon uses the Niphal infinitive construct from סָתַר (satar, “to be hidden; to hide”). The resumptive adverb makes this a relative clause in its usage: “where the evildoers can hide themselves.”