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## Can you spread out the sky as he can — the sky, which is as strong as a mirror of cast metal? ##
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the sky, which is as strong as a mirror of cast metal." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])
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## as strong as a mirror of cast metal ##
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In biblical days, mirrors were made of metal. Elihu speaks of the sky as looking like solid metal when it gives no rain. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile]])
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## cast metal ##
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This refers to metal that is melted, poured into a mold that is in the shape of an object, and then hardens as it cools.
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## Teach us what we should say to him ##
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Here the words "us" and "we" refer to Elihu, Eliphaz, Bildad, and Zophar, but not to Job. Elihu uses this phrase sarcastically. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-exclusive]])
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## because of the darkness of our minds ##
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AT: "because we do not understand" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])
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## Should he be told that I wish to speak with him? ##
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AT: "I will not have someone tell him that I wish to speak with him." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])
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## Should he be told ##
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AT: "Should I have someone tell him" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])
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## Would a person wish to be swallowed up? ##
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AT: "No person would want to be swallowed up." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])
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## to be swallowed up ##
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AT: "for God to kill him" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-euphemism]])
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