17 lines
766 B
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17 lines
766 B
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Elihu continues speaking.
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## you men of understanding ##
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Elihu is criticizing Job and his friends. He does not actually think they are wise. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-irony]])
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## far be it from the Almighty that he should commit sin ##
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This means the same as the previous part of the sentence. Elihu emphasizes that God always does what is right. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism]])
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## he makes every man come upon the reward of his own ways ##
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This means the same as the previous part of the sentence. Elihu emphasizes that God gives to people what they deserve.
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## nor does the Almighty ever pervert justice ##
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This means the same as the previous part of the sentence. Elihu again emphasizes that God always does what is right. |