PDF into Job 34

job/32/02.md

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-# Then was kindled the anger of Elihu son of Barakel the Buzite, of the family of Ram; it was kindled against Job
+# Then the anger of Elihu son of Barakel the Buzite, of the family of Ram, was kindled; it was kindled against Job
 
 This compares Elihu's anger to someone starting a fire. Also, this can be stated in active form. Alternate translation: "Then Elihu son of Barakel the Buzite, of the family of Ram, became very angry with Job" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-activepassive]])
 

job/32/11.md

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 # I waited for your words
 
-"I waited to hear what you would say." The word "your" refers to Job's friends. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-you]])
+"I waited to hear what you would say." The word "your" refers to Job's friends and so is plural. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-you]])
+
+# searching for a word
+
+The word "word" is a synecdoche for an entire message, and "searching for" a word as if it were a solid object is a metaphor for thinking of the right thing to say. Alternate translation: "thinking about what to say" or "trying to think of the right thing to say" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-synecdoche]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])
 

job/32/21.md

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-# neither will I give honorific titles to any man
+# favoritism; neither will I give honorific titles to any man
 
-"neither will I praise any man or give him titles of honor"
+Elihu is probably speaking of giving honorific titles to someone as a metaphor for flattering him, and he is probably speaking indirectly about Job and his friends by speaking of "a man" in general. Alternate translation: "favoritism; neither will I flatter anyone" or "favoritism, nor will I flatter any of you" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])
 

job/33/09.md

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 A person who God considers spiritually acceptable is spoken of as if the person were physically clean. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])
 
-# there is no sin in me
+# there is no iniquity in me
 
 "I have not sinned"
 

job/33/12.md

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 # I will answer you
 
-Elihu is speaking to Job.
+Elihu is speaking to Job, so the word "you" is singular. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-you]])
 

job/33/17.md

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-# in order to pull man back from
+# to cause man to turn away from his deed
 
-This speaks of God keeping someone from doing something as if he were physically pulling him away from harm. Alternate translation: "in order to keep him from" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])
+This speaks of God keeping someone from doing something as if he were physically causing him to turn his body away from something. Alternate translation: "to keep man from" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])
 
+# man
+
+If your language has a word for human beings, male and female, you may want to use it here.
+
+# his deed
+
+"what he desires to do" or "what he is doing." The context implies that the deed will be evil, so if your language has a word for a deed that is probably evil, you may want to use it here.
+
+# a man
+
+This is a male person as opposed to a female, a strong person as opposed to a weak person.

job/33/19.md

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 This means that the person is experiencing such pain that he must lie in bed. Alternate translation: "with pain so that he must lie in bed" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-explicit]])
 
+# constant strife in his bones
+
+The word "strife," possibly referring to the man's reaction to God causing him to "turn away from his deed" [Job 33:17](../33/17.md), is here a metaphor for physical pain. The word "bones" here is a synecdoche for his whole body, which is in physical pain. Alternate translation: "constant pain in his body" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-synecdoche]])
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job/33/25.md

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 This refers to a child's flesh. Alternate translation: "a child's flesh" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-ellipsis]])
 
-# it is restored to the days of his youth
+# it is restored to the days of his youthful vigor
 
 This speaks of the man's flesh again being as strong as it was when he was young. Alternate translation: "it will become strong again, as it was when he was young" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])
 

job/33/26.md

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 Here God is represented by his "face." Alternate translation: "God" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-synecdoche]])
 
-# God will give the person his triumph
+# will restore to the person his righteousness
 
-"God will save the person" or "God will make things right for the person again"
+Possible meanings are that the words "his righteousness" refer to 1) the righteousness of the person. Alternate translation: "will once again consider the person righteous" or "God will make things right for the person again" Or 2) God's righteousness.
 

job/33/32.md

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-# that you are in the right
+# justify you
 
-This is an idiom. Alternate translation: "that you are innocent" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-idiom]])
+"show that you are in the right" or "show that you are innocent"