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The writer uses parallelism in verse 17, conveying a single idea using two different statements to emphasize a question about the purity of man before God. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism]])
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## The spirit stood still ##
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"It stood still," with "it" referring to the "someone" or the "spirit" or the "ghost" in [Job 4:12](./12.md) and [Job 4:14](./14.md).
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## and I heard ##
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"then I heard"
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## Can a mortal man be more righteous than God? ##
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Eliphaz poses this question so that Job will consider, "Do I regard myself as more righteous than God?" or "Am I justified before God?" AT: "A mortal man cannot be more righteous than God" or "A mortal man cannot be righteous before God." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])
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## be more righteous than God ##
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AT: "be righteous before God" or "be justified before God"
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## Can a man be more pure than his Maker? ##
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This question has the same purpose as the previous question. AT: "A man cannot be more pure than his Maker" or "A man cannot be pure before his Maker."
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## Maker ##
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"Creator" |