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13 lines
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Eliphaz continues speaking to Job.
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## you have exacted security ##
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This refers to a lender taking something from the borrower to ensure that the borrower pays him back.
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## you have stripped the naked of their clothing ##
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Eliphaz is accusing Job of taking clothes as security from poor people who borrowed from him.
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## possessed the earth...lived in it ##
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Eliphaz is accusing Job of taking land from poor people and not allowing them to live on it. He is emphasizing this point by restating it twice. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism]])
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