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# My bed will comfort me, and my couch will ease my complaint
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Here "bed" and "couch" are metonyms for "sleep." In lying down to sleep, Job would hope to be comforted. The metonyms also have human attributes; they have the ability to comfort and ease a person. Alternate translation: "My bed, my couch, will be like someone who can comfort me" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-personification]])
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# My bed ... my couch
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These phrases refer to the same thing. Alternate translation: "My bed ... my bed"
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