Job 12:21

Footnotes

1. 54 The expression in Hebrew uses מְזִיחַ (méziakh, “belt”) and the Piel verb רִפָּה (rippah, “to loosen”) so that “to loosen the belt of the mighty” would indicate “to disarm/incapacitate the mighty.” Others have opted to change the text: P. emends to read “forehead”—“he humbles the brow of the mighty.”
2. 55 The word אָפַק (’afaq, “to be strong”) is well-attested, and the form אָפִיק (’afiq) is a normal adjective formation. So a translation like “mighty” (, ) or “powerful” is acceptable, and further emendations are unnecessary.