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# General Information:
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Elihu continues speaking.
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# When he stays silent, who can condemn him? If he hides his face, who can perceive him?
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These two questions speak of God not punishing wicked people as if he were being silent and hiding his face. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# When he stays silent, who can condemn him?
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Elihu uses this rhetorical question to teach Job. This question can be written as a statement. AT: "No one can criticize God if he decides to remain silent" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])
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# If he hides his face, who can perceive him?
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Elihu uses this rhetorical question to teach Job. This question can be written as a statement. AT: "No one can go and see him if he decides to hide his face" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])
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# his face
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Here God is represented by his "face." AT: "himself" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche]])
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# no one to entrap people
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This compares a godless ruler harming people as if he were a hunter trapping his prey. AT: "no one to harm the people" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# translationWords
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/condemn]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/face]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/nation]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/godly]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/peoplegroup]] |