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# For now I would have been lying down quietly. I would have slept and been at rest
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Job begins talking about what would have been true if he had died at birth. He is sad that these things are not true. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-hypo]])
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# lying down quietly
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"asleep, resting peacefully"
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# been at rest
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Here the word "rest" means to sleep peacefully in death, but also that Job would not be experiencing the pain that he does. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-idiom]])
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