## 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]])