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# My beliefs are pure
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"My understanding is correct"
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# I am blameless in your eyes
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The eyes represent sight, which is a metaphor for God's evaluation of Job. Possible meanings are 1) that Job is saying that God judges him as blameless. AT: "You say that I am blameless" or 2) that Job believes he has been blameless and that God should judge him as blameless. AT: "You should recognize that I am blameless" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# that God would speak ... open his lips against you
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The words "open his lips" are a metonym that means speak. These two phrases mean the same thing and are used together to emphasize Zophar's desire that God would speak harshly against Job. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism]])
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# that he would show ... secrets of wisdom
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What the "secrets of wisdom" are can be stated clearly. AT: "that he would show you that you are suffering because of your sin" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])
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# God demands from you less than your iniquity deserves
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Demanding from Job represents punishing Job. AT: "God is punishing you less than you deserve" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]]) |