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# Skin for skin, indeed
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"Skin" is a metonym for Job's life. AT: "A person will do anything to save his own life, even accept the loss of possessions and loved ones" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
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# But stretch out your hand now and touch his bones and his flesh, and see if he does not curse you to your face
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Satan means that if God attacks Job, he will see how Job responds. AT: "But now, if you stretch out your hand and touch his bones and his flesh, you will see that he will curse you to your face"
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# stretch out your hand
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Here "hand" refers to God's power to act. "But now use your power." See how you translated this in [Job 01:11](../01/09.md). (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
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# touch
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Here "touch" represents the action of harming. AT: "attack" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
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# his bones and his flesh
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This expression represents Job's body. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche]])
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# curse you to your face
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See how you translated this in [Job 01:11](../01/09.md).
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# to your face
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This refers to a time when God is paying attention. AT: "in your hearing" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]]) |