translation_id: net-engnet

book_id: JOB

label: NET study note

text: This line means that he dies prematurely – at the height of his youthful vigor.


text: The wicked person holds on to evil as long as he can, savoring the taste or the pleasure of it.


text: Some commentators suggest that the ancients believed that serpents secreted poison in the gall bladder, or that the poison came from the gall bladder of serpents. In any case, there is poison (from the root “bitter”) in the system of the wicked person; it may simply be saying it is that type of poison.


text: To take the possessions of another person is hereby compared to sucking poison from a serpent – it will kill eventually.


text: This word is often translated “curds.” It is curdled milk, possibly a type of butter.


text: The expression is “according to the wealth of his exchange.” This means he cannot enjoy whatever he gained in his business deals. Some mss have בּ ( bet ) preposition, making the translation easier; but this is evidence of a scribal correction.


text: The point throughout is that insatiable greed and ruthless plundering to satisfy it will be recompensed with utter and complete loss.