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# Terrors overtake him
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Here "overtake him" represents suddenly happening to him. Possible meanings are that "terrors" is a metonym for 1) things that cause people to be afraid. AT: "Terrifying things suddenly happen to him" or 2) fear. AT: "He suddenly becomes terrified"
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# like waters
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The word "waters" refers to a flood. Floods can happen very suddenly when people do not expect them, and they are dangerous and frightening. AT: "like a flood" or "like waters that rise up suddenly" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile]])
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# a storm takes him away
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"a violent wind blows him away"
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# it sweeps him out of his place
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Job speaks of the wind blowing the wicked man out of his house as if the wind were a person sweeping dust out of a house with a broom. AT: "the wind sweeps him out of his place like a woman who sweeps dirt out of a house" or "the wind easily blows him out of his place" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-personification]])
# his place
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"his home"
# translationWords
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/terror]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/water]]