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779 B
779 B
How have I sinned...for him to kill me?
AT: "It is as if I had wronged you...for him to kill me." (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion)
give your servant into the hand of Ahab
"deliver your servant to Ahab" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy)
servant
Obadiah refers to himself as Elijah's servant in order to honor Elijah.
As Yahweh your God lives
This is an oath used to emphasize that what he is saying is true.
there is no nation...where my master has not sent men
AT: "my master has sent men everywhere" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-doublenegatives and rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-hyperbole)
Yet now
This phrase is used to emphasize the danger in what Elijah is telling Obadiah to do.