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Yahweh continues to challenge Job.
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## Where were you...foundations ##
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Yahweh uses this question to emphasize that Job did not exist when he created the earth, so Job does not understand how Yahweh made the earth. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])
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## I laid the earth’s foundations ##
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"I made the foundations for the earth." Yahweh describes creating the earth as though he was building a building. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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## Tell me ##
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AT: "Tell me the answer." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-ellipsis]])
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## if you have so much understanding ##
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"you think you know so much"
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## Who determined its dimensions ##
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Yahweh uses this question to emphasize that he decide how big the earth should be, so he is the only one who understands how he made it.
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## stretched the measuring line over it ##
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"measured the earth with a rope"
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## measuring line ##
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a rope or cord that people use to make sure that they build a building the right size and the right shape |