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# Can your wealth benefit you, so that you will not be in distress, or can all the force of your strength help you?
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Elihu asks these questions to state that money and power will not be able to help Job if he acts unjustly. AT: "Your wealth cannot cause you to no longer be in distress, and all the force of your strength cannot help you." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])
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# all the force of your strength
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"all of your great strength" or "all of your mighty efforts"
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# when peoples are cut off in their place
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Possible meanings are 1) that "peoples" refers to people in general and "cut off in their place" is a metaphor for oppressing others by dragging them away from their homes. AT: "when people drag others away from their homes" or 2) that "peoples" represents nations and "cut off in their place" is a metaphor for nations being destroyed. AT: "when nations will perish" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# you are being tested by suffering
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This can be stated in active form. AT: "God is testing you by making you suffer" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])