Job 29:2 | TNotes | STEP | 29:2 Although elsewhere Job uses the Hebrew shamar to describe what he perceived as God’s oppressive surveillance (10:14 ; 13:27 ; 14:16 ), here it refers to God’s kindly care (“watch(es) over,” Ps 121:3-8 ).

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‏ Job 29:2

29:2 ^a Although elsewhere Job uses the Hebrew shamar to describe what he perceived as God’s oppressive surveillance (10:14 ^b; 13:27 ^c; 14:16 ^d), here it refers to God’s kindly care (“watch(es) over,” Ps 121:3-8 ^e).