en_tn/1ki/17/20.md

# have you also brought disaster on the widow with whom I am staying, by killing her son?

Possible meanings are 1) Elijah is truly asking a question. Alternate translation: "why would you cause the widow with whom I am staying to suffer even more by killing her son" or 2) Elijah uses a question to express how sad he is. Alternate translation: "surely, you would not cause the widow with whom I am staying to suffer even more by killing her son" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])

# have you also brought disaster on the widow

Causing the widow to suffer is spoken of as if "disaster" were an object that is placed on the widow. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])

# also brought disaster

Here "also" means in addition to the disaster that the drought has caused.
Remainder of books formated per verse 2017-12-12 06:13:24 +00:00			`# have you also brought disaster on the widow with whom I am staying, by killing her son?`

Replace all AT: with Alternate translation: 2018-02-10 00:34:10 +00:00			`Possible meanings are 1) Elijah is truly asking a question. Alternate translation: "why would you cause the widow with whom I am staying to suffer even more by killing her son" or 2) Elijah uses a question to express how sad he is. Alternate translation: "surely, you would not cause the widow with whom I am staying to suffer even more by killing her son" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])`
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			`# have you also brought disaster on the widow`

			`Causing the widow to suffer is spoken of as if "disaster" were an object that is placed on the widow. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])`

			`# also brought disaster`

			`Here "also" means in addition to the disaster that the drought has caused.`