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# Connecting Statement:
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Eliphaz continues speaking to Job.
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# You have sent widows away empty
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"You made widows go away with nothing"
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# widows
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women whose husbands have died
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# the arms of the fatherless have been broken
Here "arms" refer to power. This can be stated in active form. AT: "you even oppressed orphans" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])
# snares are all around you ... There is darkness ... an abundance of waters covers you
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Each of these metaphors means troubles and dangers are all around Job because of his sin. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# an abundance of waters
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"a flood"
# translationWords
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/snare]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/fear]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/darkness]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/water]]
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