RT Article
T1 Who Changes His Mind about Dust and Ashes? The Rhetorical Structure of Job 42:2-6
JF Vetus Testamentum
VO 64
IS 4
SP 623
OP 639
A1 Pieter, van der Lugt
LA English
PB Brill
YR 2014
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1503369889
AB In the present article it is argued that the phrase ונחמתי על־עפר ואפר (Job 42:6) is to be rendered “and I have compassion with dust and ashes”. This means that v. 6, which is generally regarded as Job’s final dramatic—but ambiguous!—confession, can only be spoken by God: it is God who changes his mind! The strophic structure of the poem 42:2-6 confirms this interpretation.
K1 Bibel : Ijob : 42,2-6
K1 Job 42:6 : נחם על ,עפר ואפר : strophic structure
DO 10.1163/15685330-12341169