And so Job died, an old man and full of years.Footnotes for the Book of Joba 1 Hebrew the sons of Godb 10 The Hebrew word rendered foolish denotes moral deficiency.a 17 Hebrew Shaddai; here and throughout Joba 20 A few manuscripts of the Masoretic Text, an ancient Hebrew scribal tradition and Septuagint; most manuscripts of the Masoretic Text I have become a burden to myself.a 9 Or of Leob 19 See Septuagint; Hebrew me.a 12 Or wild donkey can be born tamea 15 Or He will surely slay me; I have no hope – / yet I willa 20 Or My friends treat me with scorna 20 Or only by my gumsb 24 Or andc 25 Or vindicatord 25 Or on my gravee 26 Or And after I awake, / though this body has been destroyed, / thenf 26 Or destroyed, / apart fromg 28 Many Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint and Vulgate; most Hebrew manuscripts meh 29 Or sword, / that you may come to know the Almightya 13 Or in an instantb 24 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.c 30 Or wicked are reserved for the day of calamity, / that they are brought forth tod 33 Or them, / as a countless throng wenta 11 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.a 11 Septuagint, Aquila and Vulgate; Hebrew They dam upb 22 Hebrew Abaddona 3 Or gnawedb 4 Or fuelc 12 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.d 18 Hebrew; Septuagint power he grasps my clothinga 3 Masoretic Text; an ancient Hebrew scribal tradition Job, and so had condemned Godb 8 Or Spirit; also in verse 18c 9 Or many; or greata 14 Or Spirita 12 Or will cross the riverb 20 The meaning of the Hebrew for verses 18-20 is uncertain.c 27 Or distil from the mist as raind 31 Or nourishese 33 Or announces his coming – / the One zealous against evila 7 Hebrew the sons of Godb 31 Septuagint; Hebrew beautyc 32 Or the morning star in its seasond 32 Or out Leoe 33 Or theirf 36 That is, wisdom about the flooding of the Nileg 36 That is, understanding of when to crow; the meaning of the Hebrew for this verse is uncertain.a 11 Hebrew him a kesitah; a kesitah was a unit of money of unknown weight and value.