Footnotes

1. Job 33:8 tn Heb “in my ears.”
2. Job 33:9 sn See Job 9:21; 10:7; 23:7; 27:4; ch. 31.
3. Job 33:9 tn The word is a hapax legomenon; חַף (khaf) is from חָפַף (khafaf). It is used in New Hebrew in expressions like “to wash” the head. Cognates in Syriac and Akkadian support the meaning “to wash; to clean.”
4. Job 33:10 sn See Job 10:13ff.; 19:6ff.; 13:24.
5. Job 33:10 tn Heb “he”; the referent (God) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
6. Job 33:10 tn The Hebrew means “frustrations” or “oppositions.” The RSV has “displeasure,” NIV “faults,” and NRSV “occasions.” Rashi chose the word found in Judg 14:4—with metathesis—meaning “pretexts” (תֹּאֲנוֹת, toʾanot); this is followed by NAB, NASB.
7. Job 33:11 sn See Job 13:27.
8. Job 33:12 tn The meaning of this verb is “this is my answer to you.”
9. Job 33:12 tc The LXX has “he that is above men is eternal.” Elihu is saying that God is far above Job’s petty problems.
10. Job 33:13 tc The MT has “all his words.” This must refer to “man” in the previous verse. But many wish to change it to “my words,” since it would be summarizing Job’s complaint to God.