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21 lines
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# General Information:
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Job continues speaking to God.
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# I would answer
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"I would respond"
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# You would have a desire for
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The noun "desire" can be expressed with the verbs "desire" or "want." Alternate translation: "You would desire" or "You would want" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-abstractnouns]])
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# for the work of your hands
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Here God's hands represent him making things. Job refers to himself as the work of God's hands. Alternate translation: "for me, whom you have made" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-123person]])
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# you would not keep ... My transgression would be ... you would cover up
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These three lines express the same thought and are used together to emphasize his confidence that God would forgive him. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism]])
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