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## Who will condemn the wicked man’s way to his face? Who will repay him for what he has done? ##
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Job uses questions to teach his friends and cause them to think deeply about what he is saying. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])
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## to his face ##
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This means no one will go directly to the wicked person and condemn him personally. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])
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## Yet he will be borne ##
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AT: "Yet people will carry him" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])
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## The clods of the valley will be sweet to him ##
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Job imagines that the dead person will even enjoy the dirt that is put on him. This means the wicked person will even have a good death and a nice burial after a fulfilling life. "Clods" refer to the earth that covers the grave. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche]])
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## all people will follow after him as there were innumerable people before him ##
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Job emphasizes his idea by including the many before and after this man who will have the same life and death as this imaginary wicked person. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-hypo]]) |