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@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@ Job is saying that the beasts, the birds, the earth, and the fish understand God
 
 # Or speak to the earth, and it will teach you
 
-The command in the first part of the sentence functions as a hypothetical condition. Alternate translation: "Or if you were to speak to the earth, it would teach you" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-imperative]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-hypo]])
+The command in the first part of the sentence can be translated as a condition. Alternate translation: "Or if you speak to the earth, it will teach you" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-imperative]])
 
 # the fish of the sea will declare to you
 
-The command "Ask the fish of the sea" is understood from the previous sentences. It functions as a hypothetical condition. Alternate translation: "and if you were to ask the fish of the sea, they would declare to you" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-ellipsis]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-imperative]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-hypo]])
+The command "Ask the fish of the sea" is understood from the previous sentences. It can be translated as a condition. Alternate translation: "and if you ask the fish of the sea, they will declare to you" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-ellipsis]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-imperative]])