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# if I have lifted up my hand against the orphan
Lifting up the hand against someone represents threatening to harm him. Alternate translation: "if I have threatened to harm the orphan" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]])
"if I have threatened to harm the orphan"
# the orphan
This is a generic noun for any orphan or fatherless child. Alternate translation: "orphans" or "fatherless people" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-genericnoun]])
"orphans" or "fatherless people"
# I saw my support in the city gate
Here "saw" is a metaphor for "knew," "support" is a metaphor for "approval," and "the city gate" is a metonym for the leaders who sit at the city gate. Alternate translation: "I knew that the leaders at the city gate would approve of me" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]])
# in the city gate
This is where the important men of the city would gather to make decisions.
"I knew that the leaders at the city gate would approve of me". This is where the important men of the city would gather to make decisions.
# then bring charges against me
This phrase is not in the original language or in other versions of the Bible. It was added here to help preserve the meaning of Job's statement in this long sentence.
This phrase is not in the original language or in other versions of the Bible. It was added to help preserve the meaning of Job's statement in this long sentence.