# General Information:

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"

# translationWords

* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/house]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/call]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/servant]]