en_tn/job/15/04.md

translationWords

• en:tw:condemn
• en:tw:iniquity
• en:tw:testimony
• en:tw:tongue

translationNotes

• diminish - "destroy" or "invalidate"
• respect for God - "fear of God" or "fear" or "reverence"
• obstruct - "diminish" or "take away"
• devotion to - "meditation on" or "concern for"
• your iniquity teaches your mouth - This describes "iniquity" as if it were a teacher, like a person, and Job's mouth is described as if it is learning. AT: "your iniquity is like a teacher and your mouth is like its student" (See: :en:ta:vol2:translate:figs_personification)
• your mouth ... your own mouth - AT: "what you say ... what you yourself say" or "you ... you yourself" (See: :en:ta:vol2:translate:figs_metonymy)
• tongue of the crafty - AT: "a way of speaking similar to that of crafty people" (See: :en:ta:vol2:translate:figs_metonymy)
• your own lips - AT: "your own words" or "what you yourself say" (See: :en:ta:vol2:translate:figs_metonymy)