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## why, he is mighty ##
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"behold, he is powerful"
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## why ##
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This is used to introduce new information that follows with emphasis.
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## And if we speak of justice ##
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"and if we speak of acting fairly"
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## ‘Who,’ he says, ‘will question me?’ ##
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Job uses this question to emphasize that he has nobody to stand up for him against God. AT: "Nobody will stand up for me." (See: Rhetorical Question)
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## ‘Who,’ he says, ‘will question me?’ ##
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"Who shall call an assembly for me?" or "Who will appoint a time for me?"
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## Even if I were righteous ##
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"Even if I was innocent"
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## my own mouth would condemn me ##
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Job says that his own efforts to prove his innocence would be acting wrongly before God. AT: "my own words would accuse me" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
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## even if I were perfect ##
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"even if I was faultless"
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## it would still prove me guilty ##
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Possible meanings are 1) Job's mouth will declare that Job is wrong or 2) God will declare that Job is wrong AT: "my mouth will say that I am wrong" or "God will say that I am wrong"
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## guilty ##
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"dishonest" or "crooked" |