Job continues describing situations in which he would deserve God's punishment, but he knows they are not true. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-hypo]]) ## it would be a crime to be punished by the judges ## AT: "it would be a crime for which the judges would be right to punish me" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]]) ## For that is a fire that consumes everything for sheol and that would burn up all my harvest ## Job is emphasizing how terrible and destructive the sin of adultery is. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])