Job 38:21

Knowest thou? The LXX connects this verse with the preceding thus: “If thou couldest bring me to their utmost boundaries, and if also thou knowest their paths; I know then that thou wert born at that time, and the number of thy years is great.” The Hebrew of v. 21 is ambiguous and may be translated either as a question or as an affirmative statement as follows: “Thou knowest, because thou wast born then; and the number of thy days is great.” Since the affirmative statement represents such an extreme form of irony, it is probably better to retain the interrogative form or adopt the idea suggested by the LXX. Compare the ironical question of Eliphaz (ch. 15:7).