en_tn/job/07/21.md

## Why do you not pardon my transgression and take away my iniquity? ##

Here Job uses two different clauses within a rhetorical question to emphasize his desire that God pardon his sin. He poses this question to rebuke God for making him suffer. AT: "Forgive my transgression and remove my iniquity." See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])

## Why do you not pardon my transgression ##

"Why not pardon my transgression?"

## take away ##

"remove"

## I will lie down in the dust ##

The phrase "lie down in the dust" is a mild or polite way of saying "die." "I will die" (see: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-euphemism]])
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Initial commit of translationNotes 2016-02-23 02:42:46 +00:00
added v1 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00			`Here Job uses two different clauses within a rhetorical question to emphasize his desire that God pardon his sin. He poses this question to rebuke God for making him suffer. AT: "Forgive my transgression and remove my iniquity." See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])`
Initial commit of translationNotes 2016-02-23 02:42:46 +00:00
added v1 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00			`## Why do you not pardon my transgression ##`
Initial commit of translationNotes 2016-02-23 02:42:46 +00:00
added v1 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00			`"Why not pardon my transgression?"`

			`## take away ##`

			`"remove"`

			`## I will lie down in the dust ##`

			`The phrase "lie down in the dust" is a mild or polite way of saying "die." "I will die" (see: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-euphemism]])`