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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"