Job 40:7

Hebrew Bible
6 Then the Lord answered Job from the whirlwind: 7 “Get ready for a difficult task like a man. I will question you, and you will inform me. 8 Would you indeed annul my justice? Would you declare me guilty so that you might be right?
Date: 5th Century B.C.E. (based on scholarly estimates) Source

LXX Job 40:2

Septuagint
1 And still answering, the Lord said to Job from a cloud, 2 “But gird your loins like a man. And I shall question you, and you yourself shall answer me. 3 Will you reject my judgment, and will you imagine that I would deal otherwise with you, or so that you would appear righteous? 4 Or is there for you an arm like the Lord’s, or do you thunder with a voice like his?
Date: 1st Century B.C.E. (based on scholarly estimates) Source

Notes and References

"... Michael Klein has argued that the Job Targum from Qumran (11QtgJob) does not employ any circumlocutions in speaking of God. It is true that several anthropomorphic expressions are left unchanged in this Targum, and none of the later terms such as “Glory,” “Presence,” and “Word” described above are employed. Nevertheless, there are at least two verses where the targumist has not translated literally, probably because God’s honor or abilities would be impugned by doing so. The first is an expression found twice, in Job 38:3 and 40:7. God is speaking ... the Septuagint Job gives a similar rendering: “I will ask you and you answer me.” Since it would have been easy to translate literally (as the later rabbinic Job Targum would do), it is likely that the targumist simply shrunk from the idea that Job could actually instruct or inform the all-knowing God about anything. Another example is found in Job 42:2 ..."

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