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# If it is a matter of strength
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"If there is a contest of strength"
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# behold
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"look" or "pay attention to what I am about to tell you"
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# he is mighty
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"he is the strong one"
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# who can summon him?
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This question expects an answer of "No one" to make the point that no one is able to bring God to court. This can be reworded as a statement. AT: "no one can summon him." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])
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# Though I am in the right, my own mouth would condemn me; and though I am blameless, my words would prove me to be guilty
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This verse expresses the same idea twice for emphasis. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism]])
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# Though I am in the right
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Here "I am in the right" means I am the one who has done right things. AT: "Although I have done right things" or "Even though I am innocent" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-nominaladj]])
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# my own mouth would condemn me
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Here "mouth" represents Job's words. AT: "my own words would accuse me" or "what I say would condemn me" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
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# blameless
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"faultless"
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# my words would prove me to be guilty
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Here "my words" are spoken of as if they could take action. AT: "God would use what I say to prove me guilty" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# guilty
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The word here has the meaning of "twisted" or "crooked."
# translationWords
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/mighty]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/justice]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/righteous]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/condemn]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/blameless]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/guilt]]