Job continues to speak.

## he has made me a byword of the people ##

AT: "because of him, people use my name as a byword" or "because of them, people use my name as a byword" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])

## a byword ##

"an insult" AT: "a joke"

## they spit in my face ##

"people spit in my face" AT: "people insult me deeply"

## My eye is also dim because of sorrow ##

AT: "My vision has become weak because I am so sad" or "I am almost blind because of the grief" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])

## all my body parts are as thin as shadows ##

Shadows have no thickness and are infinitely thin. That is how thin Job's body parts are. AT: "all my body parts are very thin" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-hyperbole]])

## all my body parts ##

AT: "my arms and legs"

## will be stunned ##

"will be shocked" or "will be horrified"

## by this ##

AT: "because of what happened" or "by what has happened to me"

## will stir himself up against ##

AT: "will be distressed because of" or "will be very angry with"