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# Connecting Statement:
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Bildad continues speaking.
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# How then can man ... God? How can he who is born ... him?
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These two questions are used together to emphasize that it is impossible for a man to be good enough before God. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-parallelism]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-rquestion]])
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# How then can man be righteous with God?
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The implicit reaction is that he cannot. Alternate translation: "A man can never be righteous before God." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-rquestion]])
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# How can he who is born ... acceptable to him?
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The implicit reaction is that he cannot. Alternate translation: "He who is born of a woman cannot be clean or acceptable to him." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-rquestion]])
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# he who is born of a woman
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This idiom includes everyone. Alternate translation: "any person" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-idiom]])
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