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# General Information:
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Job continues to speak.
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# I look at Sheol as my home
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To "look at" something a certain way means to "think" of it that way. AT: "I think of Sheol as my home" or "I now consider Sheol my home" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])
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# have spread my couch in the darkness
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Here Job speaks of being prepared to die as having laid his bed in the darkness. AT: "have prepared myself to go and sleep among the dead" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# have spread my couch
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"have made my bed"
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# I have said to the pit ... and to the worm
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These two lines are a variation to each other and are used together to emphasize how desperate Job is. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism]])
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# the pit
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"the grave"
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# You are my father
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Job speaks of the closeness he will soon have with his grave by comparing it to the closeness a man has with his father. AT: "You are as close to me as my father" or "When I am buried, you will be as close to me as a father" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# the worm
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"the maggot." Worms are the small creatures that eat dead bodies.
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# You are my mother or my sister
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Job speaks of the closeness he will soon have with the worms in his grave by comparing it to the closeness a man has with his mother and sisters. AT: "You are as close to me as my mother or my sister" or "You will be as close to me as a mother or sister" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# where then is my hope?
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The implicit answer is "nowhere," because he has no hope. This rhetorical question can be written as a statement. AT: "I have no hope." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])
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# As for my hope, who can see any?
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This rhetorical question is used to emphasize that that no one expects him to have any hope. This question can be written as a statement. AT: "No one can see any hope for me." or "No one expects me to have any more hope." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]]) |