unfoldingWord_en_tn/job/13/13.md

# Connecting Statement:

Job continues to speak to his friends.

# Hold your peace

This is an idiom meaning "Be quiet" or "Stop talking" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])

# let me alone

This is an idiom that means "stop bothering me" or "stop hindering me" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])

# let come what may on me

Things coming on a person represents things happening to a person. This expression starting with "let" means that he does not care what might happen to him. AT: "let whatever may happen to me happen" or "I do not care what may happen to me" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])

# I will take my own flesh ... in my hands

"Flesh" here is a metonym for life. "Teeth" and "hands" are metonyms for his own control. These two phrases together emphasize that Job is willing to risk his life by arguing his case with God. AT: "I am ready to risk my life" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism]])

# translationWords

* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/peace]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/hope]]
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# Connecting Statement:`
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initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`Job continues to speak to his friends.`
added v2 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:47:54 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# Hold your peace`
added v2 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:47:54 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`This is an idiom meaning "Be quiet" or "Stop talking" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])`

			`# let me alone`

			`This is an idiom that means "stop bothering me" or "stop hindering me" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])`

			`# let come what may on me`

			`Things coming on a person represents things happening to a person. This expression starting with "let" means that he does not care what might happen to him. AT: "let whatever may happen to me happen" or "I do not care what may happen to me" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])`

			`# I will take my own flesh ... in my hands`

Fixed badly formatted tNs. 2017-10-04 15:46:02 +00:00			`"Flesh" here is a metonym for life. "Teeth" and "hands" are metonyms for his own control. These two phrases together emphasize that Job is willing to risk his life by arguing his case with God. AT: "I am ready to risk my life" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism]])`
added tw to notes 2017-06-24 00:15:21 +00:00
			`# translationWords`

			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/peace]]`
			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/hope]]`