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903 B
diminish
"destroy" or "invalidate"
respect for God
"fear of God" or "fear" or "reverence"
obstruct
"diminish" or "take away"
devotion to
"meditation on" or "concern for"
your iniquity teaches your mouth
This describes "iniquity" as if it were a teacher, like a person, and Job's mouth is described as if it is learning. AT: "your iniquity is like a teacher and your mouth is like its student" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-personification)
your mouth ... your own mouth
AT: "what you say ... what you yourself say" or "you ... you yourself" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy)
tongue of the crafty
AT: "a way of speaking similar to that of crafty people" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy)
your own lips
AT: "your own words" or "what you yourself say" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy)