Nothing True, Part 6

Eliphaz continued his criticism of Job’s lament: Masoretic Text Septuagint Job 4:10 (Tanakh/KJV) Job 4:10 (NET) Job 4:10 (NETS) Job 4:10 (English Elpenor) The roaring (שַֽׁאֲגַ֣ת) of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, and the teeth of the young lions...

Nothing True, Part 5

Eliphaz continued his response to Job’s lament: Masoretic Text Septuagint Job 4:9 (Tanakh/KJV) Job 4:9 (NET) Job 4:9 (NETS) Job 4:9 (English Elpenor) By the blast (מִנִּשְׁמַ֣ת) of God they perish, and by the breath (וּמֵר֖וּחַ) of his nostrils are they...

Nothing True, Part 4

Eliphaz continued his response to Job’s lament: Masoretic Text Septuagint Job 4:6 (Tanakh/KJV) Job 4:6 (NET) Job 4:6 (NETS) Job 4:6 (English Elpenor) Is not this thy fear, thy confidence, thy hope, and the uprightness of thy ways? Is not your piety your...

Nothing True, Part 3

Eliphaz, the king of the Thaimanites1 responded to Job’s lament: Masoretic Text Septuagint Job 4:1, 2 (Tanakh/KJV) Job 4:1, 2 (NET) Job 4:1, 2 (NETS) Job 4:1, 2 (English Elpenor) Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said, Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered:...

Nothing True, Part 2

Job’s lament took an intriguing turn. Masoretic Text Septuagint Job 3:11, 12 (Tanakh/KJV) Job 3:11, 12 (NET) Job 3:11, 12 (NETS) Job 3:11, 12 (English Elpenor) Why died I not from the womb? why did I not give up the ghost when I came out of the belly? “Why did I not...

Nothing True, Part 1

The book of Job continues with a visitation by three friends. Job’s friends bring provocation rather than comfort, angering the Lord (Job 42:7, 8 NET): After the Lord had spoken these things to Job, he said to Eliphaz the Temanite, “My anger is stirred up...