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Will you speak unrighteousness for God, and will you talk deceitfully for him?
Job uses these two questions to rebuke his friends for speaking unrighteously. Alternate translation: "You think that you are speaking for God, but you are speaking unrighteousness. You are trying to defend him by speaking deceitfully." (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-rquestion and rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-parallelism and rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-irony)
speak unrighteousness
The abstract noun "unrighteousness" can be translated using the adjective "unrighteous," and the word "words" is a metonym for the message that the words carry. Alternate translation: "speak unrighteous words" or "say things of which God does not approve" (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-abstractnouns and rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy)
for God ... for him
"to defend God ... to defend him" or "as God's representative ... to represent him"
talk deceitfully
"lie" or "tell lies"