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- Job continues to speak.
- I look at sheol as my home - AT: "I think of sheol as my home" or "Sheol is like my home" or "I will soon be at home among other dead people"
- have spread my couch in the darkness - AT: "have made my bed in the darkness" or "have prepared myself to go and sleep among the dead" (See: :en:ta:vol1:translate:figs_metaphor)
- I have said to the pit... and to the worm ... - These two lines are a variation to each other and are used together to emphasize how desperate Job is. (See: :en:ta:vol2:translate:figs_parallelism)
- You are my father - Job feels as though "corruption" is as familar as a father. AT: "You are as close to me as my father" (See: :en:ta:vol2:translate:figs_personification)
- the worm - Worms are the small creatures that eat dead bodies.
- You are my mother or my sister - Job feels as though "the worm" is as familar as a mother or a sister. AT: "You are as close to me as my mother or my sister" (See: :en:ta:vol2:translate:figs_personification)
- where then is my hope? - The implicit answer is "now where", because he has no hope. AT: "I have no hope" (See: :en:ta:vol1:translate:figs_rquestion)
- As for my hope, who can see any? - The implicit answer is "no one can see my hope", because he has none. AT: "As for my hope, I do not have any" (See: :en:ta:vol1:translate:figs_rquestion)