unfoldingWord_en_tn/job/16/20.md

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scoff

"scorn" or "ridicule"

my eye pours out tears

Job describes how strongly he feels his sorrow. Here he exaggerates how he often cries by saying that tears pour from his eyes. AT: "my eyes are full of tears while I cry out" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-hyperbole)

for this man

"for me." Here Job refers to himself in the third person. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-123person)

as a man does with his neighbor!

"as a man does for his neighbor." Job describes how he wants that one in heaven to plead for him. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile)

I will go to a place

Here Job is referring to himself dying. AT: "I will die and go to a place" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit)

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