## Do you plan to ignore my words, treating the words of a desperate man like the wind? ##

Job uses this question to scold his friends. AT: "You ignore my words, and treat my words like they are nothing." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])

## Do you... ##

"You" is in second person plural form. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-youdual]])

## treating the words of a desperate man like the wind ##

Job is comparing the hopeless words of a man desperate for help to the emptiness of the wind; both are useless. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile]])

## you cast lots for a fatherless child ##

"you even gamble to win an orphan"

## you cast lots...and (you) haggle over your friend ##

Here "you" and "your" are in second person plural form.

## and haggle over your friend like merchandise ##

AT: "and dig a pit for your friend"