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# if I have said
The word "if" here has the meaning of "since"; Job is speaking as if this were true. "since I have said"
"since I have said"
# I have said to the pit ... and to the worm
These two lines are a variation to each other and are used together to emphasize how desperate Job is. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-parallelism]])
These two lines are used together to emphasize how desperate Job is.
# the pit
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# You are my father
Job speaks of the closeness he will soon have with his grave by comparing it to the closeness a man has with his father. Alternate translation: "You are as close to me as my father" or "When I am buried, you will be as close to me as a father" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])
"When I am buried, you will be as close to me as a father"
# the worm
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# You are my mother or my sister
Job speaks of the closeness he will soon have with the worms in his grave by comparing it to the closeness a man has with his mother and sisters. Alternate translation: "You are as close to me as my mother or my sister" or "You will be as close to me as a mother or sister" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])
"You are as close to me as my mother or my sister"