en_tn/job/09/34.md

# Connecting Statement:

These verses continue the previous argument that no one is greater than God who could act as a judge between God and Job.

# take God's rod off me

Here "God's rod" is a metonym for God punishing or correcting Job. AT: "stop God from punishing me" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])

# keep his terror from frightening me

The abstract noun "terror" can be translated as the verb "terrify." AT: "keep him from terrifying and frightening me" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-abstractnouns]])

# Then would I speak up

"Then I would speak"

# as things are now

"because this is how things are now"
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# Connecting Statement:`
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initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`These verses continue the previous argument that no one is greater than God who could act as a judge between God and Job.`
Initial commit of translationNotes 2016-02-23 02:42:46 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# take God's rod off me`
Initial commit of translationNotes 2016-02-23 02:42:46 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`Here "God's rod" is a metonym for God punishing or correcting Job. AT: "stop God from punishing me" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])`
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initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# keep his terror from frightening me`
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initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`The abstract noun "terror" can be translated as the verb "terrify." AT: "keep him from terrifying and frightening me" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-abstractnouns]])`
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