en_tn/job/21/16.md

23 lines
1.1 KiB
Markdown
Raw Normal View History

2017-06-21 20:47:54 +00:00
## See, is not their prosperity in their own hands? ##
Here "hand" refers to power or control. Job uses a question for emphasis. AT: "Look, these wicked people claim that they make themselves prosper" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])
## The advice of the wicked is far from me ##
AT: "But I do not believe what they say"
## How often is it...How often does it happen ##
Job uses three questions to emphasize that it seems to him that God does not punish the wicked very often. AT: "It is not often...It is not often"
## that the lamp of the wicked ##
Job compares the life of the wicked to a lamp that is burning. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
## the lamp of the wicked is put out ##
Job compares extinguishing the lamp to a person dying. AT: "that God causes them to die suddenly" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])
## they become like stubble before the wind or like chaff that the storm carries away ##
AT: "God takes them away like the wind blows away the chaff" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile]])