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# Connecting Statement:
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Eliphaz continues speaking to Job.
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# you have demanded guarantee of a loan
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This refers to a lender taking something from the borrower to ensure that the borrower pays him back.
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# you have stripped away clothing from the naked
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Eliphaz is accusing Job of taking clothes as security from poor people who borrowed from him.
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# withheld bread
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Here "bread" refers to food in general. AT: "withheld food" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche]])
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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/translate/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. AT: "possessed a great amount of land" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-hyperbole]])
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# translationWords
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/brother]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/bread]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/mighty]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/possess]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/earth]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/honor]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/life]] |