Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Karl Randolph" <kwrandolph AT email.com>]

Sujata:

No, I don’t think so.

Job had a great life, then suddenly everything fell down about his ears. To 
top it off, his health failed. Then in chapter 3 he complains that his life 
is bitter. Chapters 4–5 Elipaz claimed that Job must have done something 
really rotten to deserve what he got, ’fess up and get his life right. Of 
course Job hasn’t done something really rotten, and in chapters 6–7 he 
protests his innocence, demanding proof from his friends where he might have 
gone wrong. But he has begun to accept his friends’ claim that suffering is 
the result of evil doing, and God had caused this suffering to come upon him. 
Chapter 8 Bildad answers that God doesn’t twist justice, and Job’s suffering 
is prima fascie evidence that Job has done something rotten. Chapter 9 Job 
acknowledges that God is just and no person is perfect, but he hasn’t done 
anything really rotten, so now he’s coming to the conclusion that he is 
suffering unjustly. So in verse 15 he calls out for judgement on his behalf, 
the word M$P+
  is incorrectly pointed.

That’s a great simplificaton of the story as I understand it, and why I think 
Job 9:15 is mistranslated.

Karl W. Randolph.

----- Original Message -----
From: Sujata <shevaroys AT yahoo.com>

> Isn't 9:15 a direct response to 8:3? The way I
> understand Job's response is that we have all sinned
> and therefore come short and incapable of justifying
> ourselves in the eyes of God. Our only way out is to
> make supplication to our judge.
> 
> 
> Best wishes,
> Sujata 
> 
> --- Karl Randolph <kwrandolph AT email.com> wrote:
> 
> > Chris:
> > 
> > I think this is a mistranslation. Job is not calling
> > out to his judge directly in this verse, rather he
> > is calling for justice. He looks for a judgement in
> > his favor as his friends are accusing him of all
> > sorts of wrongdoing that he has not done.
> > 
> > Karl W. Randolph.
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