Job 41:22-24

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Footnotes

1. Job 41:22 tn This word, דְּאָבָה (d^eʾavah) is a hapax legomenon. But the verbal root means “to languish; to pine.” A related noun talks of dejection and despair in Deut 28:65. So here “despair” as a translation is preferable to “terror.”
2. Job 41:23 tn Heb “fallings.”
3. Job 41:23 tn The last clause says “it cannot be moved.” But this part will function adverbially in the sentence.
4. Job 41:24 tn The description of his heart being “hard” means that he is cruel and fearless. The word for “hard” is the word encountered before for molten or cast metal.