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642 B
642 B
Please do not hide from me anything that I will ask you
Here the two negatives "do not" and "hide" are used together to imply a positive response. AT: Please tell me the truth when I ask you" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-litotes)
Is not the hand of Joab
Here "hand of Joab" refers to for Joab's words or council. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy)
no one can escape to the right hand or to the left from anything that my master the king has spoken
The expression "to the right hand or to the left" means "everything." (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-merism) AT: "you are exactly right"