Ayub 36:24

36:24 Remember to extol ¹  his work,

which people have praised in song.

Ayub 15:3

15:3 Does he argue ²  with useless ³  talk,

with words that have no value in them?

[36:24]  ¹ tn The expression is “that you extol,” serving as an object of the verb.

[15:3]  ² tn The infinitive absolute in this place is functioning either as an explanatory adverb or as a finite verb.

[15:3]  sn Eliphaz draws on Job’s claim with this word (cf. Job 13:3), but will declare it hollow.

[15:3]  ³ tn The verb סָכַן (sakhan) means “to be useful, profitable.” It is found 5 times in the book with this meaning. The Hiphil of יָעַל (ya’al) has the same connotation. E. LipinÃski offers a new meaning on a second root, “incur danger” or “run risks” with words, but this does not fit the parallelism (FO 21 [1980]: 65-82).