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# But now ask the animals ... the birds ... they will tell you
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Job is saying that the animals and the birds understand God better than Job's friends do. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-irony]])
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# you
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All occurrences of "you" are plural. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-you]])
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# But now ask the animals, and they will teach you
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The command in the first part of the sentence functions as a hypothetical condition. Alternate translation: "But if you were to ask the animals, they would teach you" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-imperative]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-hypo]])
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# ask the birds of the heavens, and they will tell you
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The command in the first part of the sentence functions as a hypothetical condition. Alternate translation: if you were to ask the birds of the heavens, they would tell you" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-imperative]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-hypo]])
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