unfoldingWord_en_tn/job/17/11.md

# General Information:

Job continues to speak.

# My days are past

This is an idiom. AT: "My time is past" or "My life is over" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])

# my plans are shattered, and so are the desires of my heart

Here Job's "heart" represents his inner being. AT: "my plans will never happen, nor will the things that I have desired most" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])

# These people, these mockers

These two phrases refer to the same people, namely Job's friends, Eliphaz, Bildad, and Zophar. The second phrase emphasizes their unfriendly attitude. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-doublet]])

# change the night into day

This speaks of the people claiming that night is day as if they actually changed night into day. AT: "claim it is daytime when it is night" or "say the opposite of what is true, just as night is the opposite of day" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])

# light is near to darkness

It is implied that the mockers claim that it is light when it is close to dark. AT: "they claim that light is near to darkness" or "they claim that when it is becoming dark, that it is getting light" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])

# translationWords

* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/heart]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/mock]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/light]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/darkness]]
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# General Information:`

added v2 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:47:54 +00:00			`Job continues to speak.`

initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# My days are past`
added v2 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:47:54 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`This is an idiom. AT: "My time is past" or "My life is over" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])`
added v2 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:47:54 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# my plans are shattered, and so are the desires of my heart`
added v2 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:47:54 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`Here Job's "heart" represents his inner being. AT: "my plans will never happen, nor will the things that I have desired most" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])`
added v2 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:47:54 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# These people, these mockers`
added v2 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:47:54 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`These two phrases refer to the same people, namely Job's friends, Eliphaz, Bildad, and Zophar. The second phrase emphasizes their unfriendly attitude. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-doublet]])`
added v2 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:47:54 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# change the night into day`
added v2 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:47:54 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`This speaks of the people claiming that night is day as if they actually changed night into day. AT: "claim it is daytime when it is night" or "say the opposite of what is true, just as night is the opposite of day" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])`
added v2 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:47:54 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# light is near to darkness`
added v2 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:47:54 +00:00
added tw to notes 2017-06-24 00:15:21 +00:00			`It is implied that the mockers claim that it is light when it is close to dark. AT: "they claim that light is near to darkness" or "they claim that when it is becoming dark, that it is getting light" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])`

			`# translationWords`

			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/heart]]`
			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/mock]]`
			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/light]]`
			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/darkness]]`