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# Connecting Statement:
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Job continues speaking to his friends.
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# Who will condemn the wicked man's way to his face?
Job uses this question to contradict his friends' belief that the wicked are always judged. AT: "No one condemns the wicked man to his face." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])
# to his face
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This means no one will go directly to the wicked person and condemn him personally. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])
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# Who will repay him for what he has done?
Job uses this question to contradict his friends' belief that the wicked are always judged. AT: "No one repays him for the bad things that he has done." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])
# he will be borne
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This can be stated in active form. AT: "people will carry him" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])
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# The clods of the valley will be sweet to him
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Job imagines that the dead person will even enjoy the dirt that is put on him. This means the wicked person will even have a good death and a nice burial after a fulfilling life. "Clods" refer to the earth that covers the grave. AT: "He will enjoy being covered with the dirt of the valley" or "He will enjoy being buried in the dirt of the valley" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche]])
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# all people will follow after him, as there were innumerable people before him
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Job emphasizes that a large crowd of people will be in the funeral procession of this imaginary wicked man to honor him. AT: "a huge number of people go to the grave site; some go in front of the procession and some come behind" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-hypo]])