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# Connecting Statement:
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Yahweh continues to challenge Job.
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# General Information:
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Yahweh questions Job to emphasize that he causes it to rain and thunder and Job does not. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])
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# Who has created the channels for the floods of rain, or who has made ... sprout with grass?
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This can be translated as a statement. AT: "Only I have created the channels for the floods of rain, and only I have made ... grass sprout up." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])
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# the floods of rain
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"the torrents of rain"
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# a path for the thunder
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"a way for the rumble of thunder to be heard."
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# on lands where no person exists, and on the wilderness, in which there is no one
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These two phrases have nearly the same meaning. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism]])
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# where no person exists
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"where there are no people"
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# to satisfy
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The implied information is that it is the rain that meets the needs of the land to grow grass. AT: "so that the rain can satisfy the needs of" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])
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# devastated and desolate
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"ruined and wasted." These two words have nearly the same meaning and emphasize the ruined and empty nature of these regions. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-hendiadys]])
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# with grass
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"the new grass" or "the fresh grass." This is grass that is just starting to grow.
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# make the ground sprout with
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"make the ground support new grass" |