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# General Information:
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Bildad continues to describe the wicked person.
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# He will be driven from light into darkness ... and be chased out of this world
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These phrases together emphasize the fact that the wicked person will be sent to Sheol, the place of the dead. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-parallelism]])
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# He will be driven from light into darkness
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This can be stated in active form. Alternate translation: "God will drive the wicked person from light into darkness" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-activepassive]])
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# from light into darkness
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The word "light" refers to life, and the word "darkness" refers to death. Alternate translation: "from the light of life to the darkness of death" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]])
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# be chased out of this world
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This speaks of God making him leave earth and go where dead people go as if he were chasing him. Alternate translation: "God will make him leave this world" or "God will send him to the place where dead people go" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])
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# be chased out
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This can be stated in active form. Alternate translation: "God will chase him" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-activepassive]])
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