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# Do you think this is just ... 'I am in the right before God'?
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Elihu uses questions to challenge Job. Alternate translation: "You must think you are right ... 'I am in the right before God.'" or "It is not just ... 'I am in the right before God.'" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-rquestion]])
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# Do you think this is just when you say
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"Do you think it is right for you to say"
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# Do you think
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Here "you" is singular and refers to Job. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-you]])
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# say, 'I am in the right before God'?
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This can be translated as an indirect quote. Alternate translation: "say that you are in the right before God." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-quotations]])
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# I am in the right before God
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Possible meanings are 1) Job is claiming to be innocent before God or 2) Job is claiming that he, rather than God, is right. Alternate translation: "I am more righteous than God"
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