diff --git a/job/22/08.md b/job/22/08.md index 0804496baf..9b5327f490 100644 --- a/job/22/08.md +++ b/job/22/08.md @@ -1,8 +1,3 @@ # possessed the earth ... lived in it -Eliphaz is accusing Job of taking land from poor people and not allowing them to live on it. He is emphasizing this point by restating it twice. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-parallelism]]) - -# possessed the earth - -Eliphaz is exaggerating the amount of land that Job owned in order to portray Job as greedy. Alternate translation: "possessed a great amount of land" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-hyperbole]]) - +"possessed a great amount of land". Eliphaz is accusing Job of taking land from poor people and not allowing them to live on it. Eliphaz is exaggerating the amount of land to portray Job as greedy. \ No newline at end of file