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 # Connecting Statement:
 
-Job continues speaking.
-
-# eastward ... westward ... north ... south
-
-By mentioning these four directions, Job emphasizes that he has looked everywhere.
-
+Job continues speaking. He begins using a merism to say that he has looked everywhere.