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# Then it was the day when
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"At the time when" or "One day when." This is not a specific day but apparently the gathering happened often.
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# sons of God
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This refers to angels, heavenly beings.
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# to present themselves before Yahweh
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"to stand together before Yahweh as he commanded them to do."
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# Yahweh
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This is the name of God that he revealed to his people in the Old Testament. See the translationWord page about Yahweh concerning how to translate this.
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# From wandering on the earth, from going back and forth on it
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The phrases "wandering" and "going back and forth" refer to the activity of traveling all over the earth in order to emphasize its completeness. AT: "From going everywhere on the earth" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-merism]])
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# Have you considered my servant Job?
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"Have you thought about my servant Job?" Here God is beginning to talk with Satan about Job. AT: "Consider my servant Job" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])
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# a blameless and upright man
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The words "blameless" and "upright" share similar meanings and emphasize that Job was a righteous man. See how you translated this in [Job 1:1](./01.md). AT: "one who did what was right before God" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-doublet]])
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# one who fears God
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"one who honors God." See how you translated this in [Job 1:1](./01.md).
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# translationWords
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/sonsofgod]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/yahweh]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/satan]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/earth]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/servant]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/upright]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/fear]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/turn]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/evil]] |