translation_id: net-engnet

book_id: JOB

label: NET study note

text: The idiom is “to strike the hand.” Here the wording is a little different, “Who is he that will strike himself into my hand?”


text: The pronoun their refers to Job’s friends. They have not pledged security for him because God has hidden or sealed off their understanding.


text: It is natural to assume that this verse continues the interrogative clause of the preceding verse.