Ulangan 30:15

30:15 “Look! I have set before you today life and prosperity on the one hand, and death and disaster on the other.

Ulangan 30:1

The Results of Covenant Reaffirmation

30:1 “When you have experienced all these things, both the blessings and the curses ¹  I have set before you, you will reflect upon them ²  in all the nations where the Lord your God has banished you.

1 Raja-raja 3:14

3:14 If you follow my instructions ³  by obeying ⁴  my rules and regulations, just as your father David did, ⁵  then I will grant you long life.” ⁶ 

Ayub 8:7

8:7 Your beginning ⁷  will seem so small,

since your future will flourish. ⁸ 

[30:1]  ¹ tn Heb “the blessing and the curse.”

[30:1]  ² tn Heb “and you bring (them) back to your heart.”

[3:14]  ³ tn Heb “walk in my ways.”

[3:14]  ⁴ tn Or “keeping.”

[3:14]  ⁵ tn Heb “walked.”

[3:14]  ⁶ tn Heb “I will lengthen your days.”

[8:7]  ⁷ tn The reference to “your beginning” is a reference to Job’s former estate of wealth and peace. The reference to “latter end” is a reference to conditions still in the future. What Job had before will seem so small in comparison to what lies ahead.

[8:7]  ⁸ tn The verb has the idea of “to grow”; here it must mean “to flourish; to grow considerably” or the like. The statement is not so much a prophecy; rather Bildad is saying that “if Job had recourse to God, then….” This will be fulfilled, of course, at the end of the book.