PDF Job 31

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 Job continues describing situations in which he would deserve God's punishment, but he is confident that they are not true. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-hypo]])
 
+# my male servant or my female servant
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+These two items refer to Job's servants in general, not to any particular male or female servant, and so may be combined: "my male or female servant" or "any of my servants."
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-# if I have lifted up my hand against fatherless people
+# 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 fatherless people" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]])
+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]])
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+# the orphan
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+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]])
 
 # I saw my support in the city gate
 

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 Here "walking" represents moving slowly. Alternate translation: "the moon moving across the sky" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-personification]])
 
-# the moon walking in its brightness
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-The abstract noun "brightness" can be expressed with the words "bright" or "brightly." Alternate translation: "the bright moon moving across the sky" or "the moon moving brightly across the sky" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-abstractnouns]])
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