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Job 22 General Notes

Structure and formatting

The ULB indents the lines of this chapter because it is a poem. This chapter is a continuation of the advice of Job's friend, Eliphaz. His words in this chapter are much stronger than when he previously spoke.

Special concepts in this chapter

Repentance

Eliphaz tries to get Job to repent in this chapter. Eliphaz assumes that he is righteous, while assuming Job is not. (See: rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/repent and rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/righteous)

Important figures of speech in this chapter

Rhetorical questions

Eliphaz uses many different rhetorical questions in this chapter in order to try to convince Job that he is wrong. These questions help to build Eliphaz's argument. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion)

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