mu.tsaq denotes a limiting condition, contrasted with breadth in Job’s descriptions of distress and frozen waters.

The two occurrences present mu.tsaq as a limiting condition set against breadth: Job 36:16 contrasts breadth without such limitation with distress, while Job 37:10 describes the waters’ breadth as constrained when ice is given.

1. Limitation contrasted with breadth · dominant

   Both occurrences use the masculine singular absolute noun in clauses about breadth. In Job 36:16 the APB renders a contrast between being drawn from distress and “breadth is not a constraint”; in Job 37:10 it renders the breadth of the waters as “in constraint” in the setting of ice.

   Job 36:16Job 37:10

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB uses “constraint” in both verses, once negated with breadth and once describing the waters’ breadth. This shared English wording confirms the clause-level contrast rather than isolating a precise rendering.