PDF Job 5

gen/31/37.md

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 Here the word "our" refers to Jacob's relatives and includes Laban's relatives. Alternate translation: "Lay anything you have found in front of our relatives" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-exclusive]])
 
-# they may judge between us two
+# they may judge between the two of us
 
 Here "two of us" refers to Jacob and Laban. The phrase "to judge between" means to decide which person is right in a dispute. Alternate translation: "they may judge between the two of us" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-exclusive]])
 

job/03/21.md

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ This is the end of the question that Job begins asking with the words "Why is li
 
 Here death is spoken of as if it were an object coming toward someone. Alternate translation: "to a person who no longer wants to be alive, but is still alive" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])
 
-# to one who digs for death more than for hidden treasure
+# to one who digs for it more than for hidden treasure
 
-A person hoping to die is spoken of as if he were digging for buried treasure. Alternate translation: "to a person who wants to stop living more than he wants to look for hidden riches" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])
+A person hoping to die ("death") is spoken of as if he were digging for buried treasure. Alternate translation: "to a person who wants to stop living more than he wants to look for hidden riches" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])
 

job/05/02.md

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-# jealousy kills the silly one
+# anger kills the foolish; jealousy causes the death of the silly
 
-"jealousy kills anyone who acts ignorantly and impulsively"
+The phrases "the foolish" and "the silly" are emphatic in the Hebrew. Alternate translation: "it is the foolish whom anger kills; it is the silly of whom jealousy causes the death"
 
-# the silly one
+# the silly
 
-any silly person (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-genericnoun]])
+"the one who lacks sound judgment" or "the one who cannot think well"
+
+# the foolish ... the silly
+
+These phrases refer to any foolish person and any silly person. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-genericnoun]])
 

job/05/17.md

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-# God corrects ... chastening of the Almighty
+# God corrects ... discipline of the Almighty
 
 God is pictured as a parent correcting or instructing a child.
 
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 "do not reject" or "do not consider worthless"
 
-# chastening
+# discipline
 
-"instruction" or "correction" or "discipline"
+"instruction" or "correction"
 

job/05/18.md

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-# For he wounds and then binds up; he wounds and then his hands heal
+# For he inflicts pain and then binds up; he wounds and then his hands heal
 
-"For he wounds but binds up; he crushes but his hands heal"
+"For he causes pain but binds up; he crushes, but his hands heal"
+
+# inflicts pain ... binds up
+
+If your language has a word for "pain" that is specifically the pain of a bleeding wound, you may want to use it here. The "pain" that "he inflicts" is by implication the pain of a bleeding wound, so when "he binds" it, he stops the bleeding and makes it feel better.
 
 # his hands heal
 

lev/19/17.md

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 Continually hating a person is spoken of as if it were hating a person in the heart. Alternate translation: "Do not continually hate your brother" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])
 
-# You must honestly rebuke your neighbor
+# You should rebuke your neighbor frankly
 
 "You must correct a person who is sinning"