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Job 34:23-25
New English Translation
Job 34:23-25
New English Translation
23 For he does not still consider a person,[a]
that he should come before God in judgment.
24 He shatters the great without inquiry,[b]
and sets up others in their place.
25 Therefore, he knows their deeds,
he overthrows them[c] in the night[d]
and they are crushed.
Footnotes
- Job 34:23 tn Heb “for he does not put upon man yet.” This has been given a wide variety of interpretations, all of which involve a lot of additional thoughts. The word עוֹד (ʿod, “yet, still”) has been replaced with מוֹעֵד (moʿed, “an appointed time,” Reiske and Wright), with the ם (mem) having dropped out by haplography. This makes good sense. If the MT is retained, the best interpretation would be that God does not any more consider (from “place upon the heart”) man, that he might appear in judgment.
- Job 34:24 tn Heb “[with] no investigation.”
- Job 34:25 tn The direct object “them” is implied and has been supplied in the translation for clarity.
- Job 34:25 tn The Hebrew term “night” is an accusative of time.
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