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# possessed the earth ... lived in it
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Eliphaz is accusing Job of taking land from poor people and not allowing them to live on it. He is emphasizing this point by restating it twice. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-parallelism]])
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# possessed the earth
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Eliphaz is exaggerating the amount of land that Job owned in order to portray Job as greedy. Alternate translation: "possessed a great amount of land" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-hyperbole]])
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