Job 21-37 (Word Biblical Commentary)

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by  David J. A. Clines

WORD
BIBLICAL
COMMENTARY
VOLUME 18A
Job 21–37
DAVID J. A. CLINES
General Editors
Bruce M. Metzger
David A. Hubbard
Glenn W. Barker
Old Testament Editor
John D. W. Watts
New Testament Editor
Ralph P. Martin
Associate Editors
James W. Watts, Old Testament
Lynn Allan Losie, New Testament

To my daughter
Miriam
ןוֹרחֲ אַ םוֹילְ קחַ שְׂ תִּ וַ הּשָׁ וּבלְ רדָ הָ וְ־זֹע
Strength and dignity are her clothing,
and she laughs at the days to come (Prov 31:25).
Word Biblical Commentary
JOB 21–37
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Includes bibliographies.
1. Bible—Commentaries—Collected works.
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Unless otherwise indicated, Scripture quotations in the body of the commentary are
the author’s own. Those marked RSV are from the Revised Standard Version of the
Bible, copyright 1946 (renewed 1973), 1956, and © 1971 by the Division of
Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA
and are used by permission. Those marked niv are from the New International
Version of the Bible, copyright © 1973 by New York Bible Society International.
The author’s own translation of the text of Job appears in italic type under the
heading Translation.
Contents
Abbreviations
TEXT AND COMMENTARY
The Third Cycle (21:1–27:23)
Job’s Seventh Speech (21:1–34)
Eliphaz’s Third Speech (22:1–30)
Job’s Eighth Speech (23:1–17; 24:1–17, 25)
Bildad’s Third Speech (25:1–26:14)
Job’s Ninth Speech (27:1–6, 11–12)
Zophar’s Third Speech (27:7–10, 13–17; 24:18–24; 27:18–23)
Elihu’s Speeches (32:1–37:24; 28:1–28)
Elihu’s First Speech (32:1–33:33)
Elihu’s Second Speech (34:1–37)
Elihu’s Third Speech (35:1–16)
Elihu’s Fourth Speech (36:1–37:24)
Elihu’s Fourth Speech Concluded (The Poem on Wisdom) (28:1–28)
Job’s Final Speech (29:1–31:40)
Abbreviations
COMMENTARIES, MONOGRAPHS, JOURNALS, PERIODICALS, MAJOR
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AJBI Annual of the Japanese Biblical Institute
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Inter-Varsity Press, 1976.
ANEP The Ancient Near East in Pictures Relating to the Old Testament. Ed. J. B.
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ANET Ancient Near Eastern Texts Relating to the Old Testament. Ed. J. B. Pritchard. 3d
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AnOr Analecta orientalia
AOAT Alter Orient und Altes Testament
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ASTI Annual of the Swedish Theological Institute
ATD Das Alte Testament Deutsch
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