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# an arm like God's
The arm is a metonym for the strength in the arm. Alternate translation: "strength like God's strength" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-simile]])
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# can you thunder with a voice like his?
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God uses this rhetorical question to show Job that God is powerful and Job is not. Alternate translation: "you certainly cannot thunder with a voice like God's." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-rquestion]])
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# can you thunder with a voice like his
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Here "thunder with a voice" is a metaphor for speaking in way that is extremely loud and frightening like thunder. Alternate translation: "can you speak with the sound of thunder as he does" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])
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# a voice like his
"a voice like his voice"
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