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Job continues to speak to his three friends.
regard me
"consider me"
I am an alien in their sight
Job describes how people now think of him as an outsider. Here sight represents judgement or evaluation. AT: "they think of me as a foreigner" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)
but he gives me no answer
"but he does not respond to me" or "but he does not come to me." The answer is a response to Job's call.
although I entreat him with my mouth
The phrase "my mouth" is a metonym which refers to Job speaking. AT: "even though I speak to him and plead with him" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy)
entreat him
"plead with him"