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# brought me out of the womb
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Here being brought out of the womb represents being born into this world. Alternate translation: "brought me out of my mother's womb" or "brought me into this world" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# given up my spirit
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Giving up one's spirit represents dying. Alternate translation: "died" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# and that no eye had ever seen me
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Job uses "eye" here to refer to the whole person. He wishes he could have died at birth, before anyone saw him. Alternate translation: "before any person had ever seen me" or "before I was born" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche]])
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