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1.3 KiB
Why is light given to a man whose way is hidden, a man whom God has hedged in?
Job asks this question in order to make a statement. AT: "God should not give life to a man and then take away his future and confine him." (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion)
Why is light given to a man
Here light represents life. AT: "Why does God keep a man alive" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)
whose way is hidden
Here Job speaks of his future, which he does not know in advance, as if God had hidden it from him. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)
a man whom God has hedged in
Here being in difficulties and dangers is spoken of as if it were being confined within narrow limits. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)
For my sighing happens instead of eating; my groaning is poured out like water
Job expresses his anguish in two ways. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism)
my sighing happens instead of eating
"Instead of eating, I mourn"
my groaning is poured out like water
Moral qualities and emotions such as grief are often spoken of as if they were water. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)