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23 lines
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## Do you plan to ignore my words, treating the words of a desperate man like the wind? ##
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Job uses this question to scold his friends. AT: "You ignore my words, and treat my words like they are nothing." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])
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## Do you... ##
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"You" is in second person plural form. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-youdual]])
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## treating the words of a desperate man like the wind ##
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Job is comparing the hopeless words of a man desperate for help to the emptiness of the wind; both are useless. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile]])
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## you cast lots for a fatherless child ##
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"you even gamble to win an orphan"
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## you cast lots...and (you) haggle over your friend ##
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Here "you" and "your" are in second person plural form.
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## and haggle over your friend like merchandise ##
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AT: "and dig a pit for your friend" |