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Connecting Statement:
Job continues speaking to God.
lift me up to the wind ... throw me back and forth in a storm
These expressions represent the extreme suffering that God made Job endure. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)
cause it to drive me along
"cause the wind to push me along"
you will bring me to death
Here "bring me to death" represents causing Job to die. AT: "you will cause me to die" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)
the house destined for all living things
Job speaks of death as if it were a house that all living things are destined to go to. AT: "which is what you have planned to happen to all living things" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)
all living things
That is, all things now alive, but that will die one day.