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# What have I to do with you?
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Elisha uses this rhetorical question to emphasize that he and the king have nothing in common. This question can be translated as a statement. AT: "I have nothing to do with you." or "I have nothing in common with you." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])
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# to give them into the hand of Moab
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Here the "hand of Moab" refers the Moab's "control." AT: "to give them over to the control of Moab" or "to allow them to be captured by the Moabite army" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
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# As Yahweh of hosts lives, before whom I stand, surely
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"As I know that Yahweh of hosts lives, before whom I stand, surely." Here Elisha compares the certainty that Yahweh is alive to the certainty that, if it were not for Jehoshaphat being there, he would not pay attention to Joram. This is a way of making a solemn promise. AT: "As surely as Yahweh of hosts lives, before whom I stand, I promise you, if it" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile]])
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# before whom I stand
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Here serving Yahweh is spoken of as standing in his presence. AT: "whom I serve" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# were it not for the fact that I honor the presence of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, I would not pay any attention to you
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This can be written in positive form. AT: "I pay attention to you only because I honor the presence of Jehoshaphat king of Judah" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-doublenegatives]])
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# I honor the presence of Jehoshaphat
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Here Jehoshaphat is referred to by his presence. AT: "I honor Jehoshaphat" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
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# I would not pay any attention to you, or even look at you
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These two phrases have similar meaning and are used together to emphasize that he would not pay any attention to Joram. AT: "I would not have anything at all to do with you" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism]]) |