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## translationWords
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* [[en:tw:condemn]]
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* [[en:tw:guilt]]
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* [[en:tw:justice]]
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* [[en:tw:mighty]]
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* [[en:tw:perfect]]
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* [[en:tw:righteous]]
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## translationNotes
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* **why, he is mighty** - "behold, he is powerful"
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* **why** - This is used to introduce new information that follows with emphasis.
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* **And if we speak of justice** - "and if we speak of acting fairly"
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* **‘Who,’ he says, ‘will question me?’** - 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?’** - "Who shall call an assembly for me?" or "Who will appoint a time for me?"
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* **Even if I were righteous** - "Even if I was innocent"
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* **my own mouth would condemn me** - Job says that his own efforts to prove his innocence would be acting wrongly before God. AT: "my own words would accuse me" (See: [[en:ta:vol2:translate:figs_metonymy]])
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* **even if I were perfect** - "even if I was faultless"
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* **it would still prove me guilty** - 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** - "dishonest" or "crooked"
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