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# your iniquity teaches your mouth
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This describes "iniquity" as if it were a teacher and Job's mouth is described as if it is learning. This means that his speech is greatly influenced by his iniquity. AT: "your iniquity is like a teacher and your mouth is like its student" or "it is because of your sin that you speak the way you do" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-personification]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# your mouth
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This speaks of Job, but refers to his "mouth" to place emphasis on what he says. AT: "you to speak" or "you to say what you say" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche]])
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# to have the tongue of a crafty man
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This refers to the way a crafty man speaks as his "tongue." AT: "to speak in the way of a crafty man" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
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# crafty man
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man who harms others by lying to them
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