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# Do you think this is just ... 'My right before God'?
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Elihu uses questions to challenge Job. AT: "You must think you are right ... 'My right before God.'" or "It is not just ... 'My right before God.'" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])
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# Do you think this is just when you say
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"Do you think it is right for you to say"
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# Do you think
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Here "you" is singular and refers to Job. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-you]])
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# My right before God
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Possible meanings are 1) Job is claiming to be innocent before God or 2) Job is claiming that he, rather than God, is right.
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# For you ask, 'What use is it to me?' and, 'Would I be better off if I had sinned?'
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Elihu quotes Job as saying the these two rhetorical questions. AT: "For you say, 'It does not benefit me' and, 'I am no better off than if I had sinned.'" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])
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# translationWords
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/justice]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/god]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/sin]] |