unfoldingWord_en_tn/job/23/15.md

# Connecting Statement:

Job continues speaking.

# General Information:

Each of these verses has the form of a parallelism to emphasize the main point Job makes there. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism]])

# For God has made my heart weak; the Almighty has terrified me

These two lines mean basically the same thing and emphasize that Job is very afraid of God. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism]])

# made my heart weak

A person whose heart is weak is a person who is timid or fearful. AT: "made me afraid" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])

# I have not been brought to an end by darkness

This can be stated in active form. Possible meanings are 1) AT: "The thick darkness in front of me has not made me silent" or 2) AT: "Darkness has not stopped me" or "God has stopped me, not the darkness." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])

# the gloom of my face

Here Job refers to himself by his "face." AT: "my sadness" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche]])
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initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`Job continues speaking.`
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initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# General Information:`
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initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`Each of these verses has the form of a parallelism to emphasize the main point Job makes there. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism]])`
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initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# For God has made my heart weak; the Almighty has terrified me`
added v2 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:47:54 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`These two lines mean basically the same thing and emphasize that Job is very afraid of God. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism]])`
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initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# made my heart weak`
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initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`A person whose heart is weak is a person who is timid or fearful. AT: "made me afraid" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])`
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initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# I have not been brought to an end by darkness`
added v2 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:47:54 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`This can be stated in active form. Possible meanings are 1) AT: "The thick darkness in front of me has not made me silent" or 2) AT: "Darkness has not stopped me" or "God has stopped me, not the darkness." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])`
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initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# the gloom of my face`

			`Here Job refers to himself by his "face." AT: "my sadness" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche]])`