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# Do you plan to ignore my words, treating the words of a desperate man like the wind?
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Job uses this rhetorical question to scold his friends. He compares his words to the wind to explain that his friends act like his words are empty and useless. AT: "You ignore my words! I am a desperate man, and you treat my words as if they are as useless as the wind." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile]])
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# Do you
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"You" is in second person plural form. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-you]])
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# you cast lots for a fatherless child
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"you would even gamble to win an orphan"
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# you cast lots ... haggle over your friend
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Here "you" and "your" are in second person plural form. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-you]])
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# haggle over your friend like merchandise
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This compares how the man would sell his friend to how a person sells merchandise or wares. AT: "bargain to sell your friend for money!" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile]])