Job 16:3

Footnotes

1. 2 Disjunctive questions are introduced with the sign of the interrogative; the second part is introduced with אוֹ (’o, see §150.g).
2. 3 In v. 3 the second person singular is employed rather than the plural as in vv. 2 and 4. The singular might be an indication that the words of v. 3 were directed at Eliphaz specifically.
3. 4 Heb “words of wind.”
4. 5 The Hiphil of מָרַץ (marats) does not occur anywhere else. The word means “to compel; to force” (see 6:25).
5. 6 The seems to have gone a different way: “What, is there any reason in vain words, or what will hinder you from answering?”