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893 B
893 B
Job continues speaking.
Oh, that I knew where ... Oh, that I might come ...
These two lines form a parallelism to emphasize Job's desire to go to God. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism)
I might find him
AT: "I might find God"
I would lay my case ... fill my mouth ...
These two lines form a parallelism to emphasize Job's desire to talk to God. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism)
and fill my mouth with arguments
AT: "and I would speak all of my arguments" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy)
I would learn the words ... would understand what ...
These two lines form a parallelism to emphasize Job's desire to listen to God. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism)
the words with which he would answer me
AT: "what he would answer me" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom)