en_tn_lite_do_not_use/job/23/15.md

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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) "The thick darkness in front of me has not made me silent" or 2) "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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