21 lines
803 B
Markdown
21 lines
803 B
Markdown
Job finishes presenting his case to God.
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## inherit the iniquities of my youth ##
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"Inherit" here means to live with the results of his foolish actions while he was young.
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## in the stocks ##
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"Stocks" are a form of restraint of prisoners by locking their feet in a fixed position so they can not move about.
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## all my paths ##
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"Path" represents the course of action of his life. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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## like a rotten thing that wastes away ##
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Job compares his life to something that is decaying. He is slowly dying. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile]])
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## like a garment that moths have eaten ##
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Job compares himself to clothes that the worms of a moth will eat so these are no good because of holes in it. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile]]) |