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# Will hope go down with me ... dust?
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The implicit answer is "no." This question can be written as a statement. Alternate translation: "Hope will not go down with me ... dust." or "I will no longer hope when I go down ... dust." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-rquestion]])
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# gates of Sheol
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Sheol does not really have gates, but it is a metaphor for Job entering Sheol. Alternate translation: "when I go into Sheol" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])
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# when we
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"when I and the things that I hope for" or "when I and my hopes." The word "we" refers to Job and his hope.
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# descend to the dust
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This is an idiom. Alternate translation: "die and are buried" or "go to the grave" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-idiom]])
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