en_tn_lite_do_not_use/job/13/09.md

465 B

he as judge

"He" is God who is the judge.

or like someone...him in court?

or like someone...him in court? Job compares one person tricking another person to his friends giving a false account to God about God himself. He asks this as a question to give emphasis. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion)

secretly showed favoritism to him

AT: "God will surely scold you for your behavior if you try to show him secret favors."