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# Connecting Statement:
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Job finishes presenting his case to God.
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# For you write down bitter things against me
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"Bitter things" represents accusations. Alternate translation: "For you write down accusations against me" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# you make me inherit the iniquities of my youth
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Inheriting the iniquities of his youth is a metaphor. Possible meanings are it represents 1) being guilty for the sins of his youth. Alternate translation: "you say that I am still guilty for the sins of my youth" or 2) being punished for the sins of his youth. Alternate translation: "you punish me for the sins of my youth" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# the iniquities of my youth
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The abstract noun "youth" can be translated with the word "young." Alternate translation: "the sins I committed when I was young" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-abstractnouns]])
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