Ayub 40:13

40:13 Hide them in the dust ¹  together,

imprison ²  them ³  in the grave. ⁴ 

[40:13]  ¹ tn The word “dust” can mean “ground” here, or more likely, “grave.”

[40:13]  ² tn The verb חָבַשׁ (khavash) means “to bind.” In Arabic the word means “to bind” in the sense of “to imprison,” and that fits here.

[40:13]  ³ tn Heb “their faces.”

[40:13]  ⁴ tn The word is “secret place,” the place where he is to hide them, i.e., the grave. The text uses the word “secret place” as a metonymy for the grave.