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# General Information:
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Yahweh begins to challenge Job with a series of questions that emphasize he created the earth and Job did not. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])
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# Where were you when I laid the earth's foundations? Tell me, if you have so much understanding
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This can be translated as a statement. Alternate translation: "Tell me where you were when I laid the foundations of the earth, if you have so much understanding" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])
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# I laid the earth's foundations
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Yahweh describes creating the earth as though he was building a structure. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# if you have so much understanding
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The abstract noun "understanding" can be translated as the verb "understand." Alternate translation: "if you understand so much" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-abstractnouns]])
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