17 lines
903 B
Markdown
17 lines
903 B
Markdown
The writer continues to use parallelism in the first two verses, conveying a single idea using two different statements to emphasize Job's intense suffering. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism]])
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## My bed will comfort me and my couch will ease my complaint ##
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Here "bed" and "couch" are metonyms for "sleep." In lying down to sleep, Job would hope to be comforted. The metonyms also have human attributes; they have the ability to comfort and ease a person. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-personification]])
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## You scare me ##
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"You" refers to God to whom Job is making his complaint.
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## strangling ##
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killing a person by squeezing his throat and stopping his breathing
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## these bones of mine ##
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Here Job uses the word "bones" to refer to his body. AT: "This body of mine" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche]]). |