Ayub 15:11

15:11 Are God’s consolations ¹  too trivial for you; ² 

or a word spoken ³  in gentleness to you?

Mazmur 119:72

119:72 The law you have revealed is more important to me

than thousands of pieces of gold and silver. ⁴ 

Mazmur 119:103

119:103 Your words are sweeter

in my mouth than honey! ⁵ 

[15:11]  ¹ sn The word תַּנְחֻמוֹת (tankhumot) occurs here and only in Job 21:34. The words of comfort and consolation that they have been offering to Job are here said to be “of God.” But Job will call them miserable comforters (16:2).

[15:11]  ² tn The formula “is it too little for you” or “is it too slight a matter for you” is also found in Isa 7:13 (see GKC 430 §133.c).

[15:11]  ³ tn The word “spoken” is not in the Hebrew text, but has been supplied in the translation.

[119:72]  ⁴ tn Heb “better to me [is] the law of your mouth than thousands of gold and silver.”

[119:103]  ⁵ tn Heb “How smooth they are to my palate, your word, more than honey to my mouth.” A few medieval Hebrew mss, as well as several other ancient witnesses, read the plural “your words,” which can then be understood as the subject of the plural verb “they are smooth.”