On that day R’ Akiva expounded: Then Moses and the children of Israel sang this song to HASHEM, and they spoke saying (Exodus 15:1). There is no necessity [for the verse] to say, “saying”; what [then] is meant by “saying”? It teaches that the Is-raelites responded to Moses after each phrase, as when they recite the Hallel; therefore it says, “saying.” R’ Nechemiah says: As when they recite the Shema, and not as when they recite the Hallel.

On that day R’ Yehoshua ben Hyrkanos expounded: Job served the Holy One, Blessed is He, only out of love, as it is stated (Job 13:15): Even should He kill me, yet will I put my trust in Him. But still the matter is in doubt —- [does the verse mean] I will trust in Him or I will not trust in Him? Learn from what is said (Job 27:5): Till I perish I will not discard my perfect faith; this shows that he acted out of love. R’ Yehoshua said: Who will remove the dust from you eyes, Rabban Yochanan ben Zak-kai! —- for you expounded all your life that Job served the Almighty only out of fear, as it is said (Job 1:8): A man who is wholesome and upright, God-fearing, and who shuns evil, but has not Yehoshua your disciple’s disciple shown that he acted out of love!