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Job continues describing situations in which he would deserve God's punishment, but he knows they are not true. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-hypo]])
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## If my heart has been attracted to another woman ##
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AT: "If I have desired another man's wife" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])
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## if I have lain in wait at my neighbor’s door for his wife ##
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"and I have waited for him to leave his house so I could sleep with her"
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## then let my wife grind grain for another man ##
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Possible meanings are 1) this is a way of saying another man will have sex with Job's wife (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-euphemism]]) or 2) it means she will become a slave and work for another man.
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## and let other men crouch down on her ##
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This refers to other men having sex with Job's wife. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-euphemism]])
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