en_tn/job/12/07.md

# But now ask the beasts ... the birds ... they will tell you

Job is saying that the beasts and the birds understand God better than Job's friends do. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-irony]])

# you

All occurrences of "you" are plural. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-you]])

# But now ask the beasts, and they will teach you

The command in the first part of the sentence functions as a hypothetical condition. Alternate translation: "But if you were to ask the beasts, they would teach you" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-imperative]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-hypo]])

# ask the birds of the heavens, and they will tell you

The command in the first part of the sentence functions as a hypothetical condition. Alternate translation: if you were to ask the birds of the heavens, they would tell you" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-imperative]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-hypo]])
Adjustment needed because of de-chunking. 2018-02-24 21:34:39 +00:00			`# But now ask the beasts ... the birds ... they will tell you`
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Adjustment needed because of de-chunking. 2018-02-24 21:34:39 +00:00			`Job is saying that the beasts and the birds understand God better than Job's friends do. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-irony]])`
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00
			`# you`

Adjustment needed because of de-chunking. 2018-02-24 21:34:39 +00:00			`All occurrences of "you" are plural. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-you]])`
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00
			`# But now ask the beasts, and they will teach you`

Replace all AT: with Alternate translation: 2018-02-10 00:34:10 +00:00			`The command in the first part of the sentence functions as a hypothetical condition. Alternate translation: "But if you were to ask the beasts, they would teach you" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-imperative]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-hypo]])`
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00
			`# ask the birds of the heavens, and they will tell you`

Replace all AT: with Alternate translation: 2018-02-10 00:34:10 +00:00			`The command in the first part of the sentence functions as a hypothetical condition. Alternate translation: if you were to ask the birds of the heavens, they would tell you" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-imperative]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-hypo]])`
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00