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Job 08 General Notes
Structure and formatting
Some translations prefer to set apart extended quotations, prayers, or songs. The ULB and many other English translations indent the lines of this chapter, which is an extended quotation. This chapter is the advice of Job's friend, Bildad.
Special concepts in this chapter
Bildad's advice
Bildad tells Job to curse Yahweh. The advice Bildad gives to Job is bad advice. (See: rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/curse)
Important figures of speech in this chapter
Rhetorical questions
Bildad uses many different rhetorical questions in this chapter in order to try to convince Job that he is wrong. These questions help to build Bildad's argument. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion)