From 77a7565f75ed3b396b27e4c9c5981b997d84fa3e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Obiwon Date: Sat, 26 Oct 2024 16:24:01 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Update mal/03/02.md --- mal/03/02.md | 9 ++++----- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/mal/03/02.md b/mal/03/02.md index c77d6b25e7..d5d0e9f19b 100644 --- a/mal/03/02.md +++ b/mal/03/02.md @@ -1,16 +1,15 @@ # But who will be able to endure the day of his coming? Who will be able to stand when he appears? -These rhetorical questions imply that no one will be able to resist Yahweh when he comes. They can be combined into one statement. Alternate translation: "However, no one will be able to resist Yahweh when he comes to judge them." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-rquestion]]) +"However, no one will be able to resist Yahweh when he comes to judge them." # the day of his coming -Here "day" stands for "time." Alternate translation: "the time when he comes" +"the time when he comes" # be able to stand -Here standing represents resisting someone's attack or accusations. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]]) +Here standing represents resisting someone's attack or accusations. # For he will be like a refiner's fire and like laundry soap -This sentence gives the reason why no one will be able to resist God when he comes. God's power to judge the people and to stop them from sinning is spoken of as if it were the power of strong soap to clean clothes, or the power of fire to melt an object. These are ways of saying that God's power to do these things cannot be stopped. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-simile]]) - +This sentence gives the reason why no one will be able to resist God when he comes. God's power to judge the people and to stop them from sinning is spoken of as if it were the power of strong soap to clean clothes, or the power of fire to melt an object. These are ways of saying that God's power to do these things cannot be stopped.