Job 32:7-8
7 I said to myself, ‘Age ▼
▼tn Heb “days.”
should speak, ▼▼tn The imperfect here is to be classified as an obligatory imperfect.
and length of years ▼
▼tn Heb “abundance of years.”
should make wisdom known.’ 8 But it is a spirit in people,
the breath ▼
▼tn This is the word נְשָׁמָה (neshamah, “breath”); according to Gen 2:7 it was breathed into Adam to make him a living person (“soul”). With that divine impartation came this spiritual understanding. Some commentators identify the רוּחַ (ruakh) in the first line as the Spirit of God; this “breath” would then be the human spirit. Whether Elihu knew that much, however, is hard to prove.
of the Almighty, that makes them understand.
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