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# Connecting Statement:
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Elihu continues speaking.
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# If you have sinned ... what do you do to him?
These two lines share similar meanings. The second line intensifies the meaning of the first line. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-parallelism]])
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# If you have sinned, what harm do you do to God?
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Elihu asks this question to emphasize that Job's sins cannot actually do anything to God. Alternate translation: "If you have sinned, you have not done any harm to God." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-rquestion]])
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# If your transgressions are many, what do you do to him?
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Elihu asks this question to emphasize that Job does nothing to God by his transgressions. Alternate translation: "If you committed a great many transgressions, you still do nothing to him." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-rquestion]])
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