# My beliefs are pure "My understanding is correct" # I am blameless in your eyes The eyes represent sight, which is a metaphor for God's evaluation of Job. Possible meanings are 1) that Job is saying that God judges him as blameless. AT: "You say that I am blameless" or 2) that Job believes he has been blameless and that God should judge him as blameless. AT: "You should recognize that I am blameless" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]]) # that God would speak ... open his lips against you The words "open his lips" are a metonym that means speak. These two phrases mean the same thing and are used together to emphasize Zophar's desire that God would speak harshly against Job. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism]]) # that he would show ... secrets of wisdom What the "secrets of wisdom" are can be stated clearly. AT: "that he would show you that you are suffering because of your sin" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]]) # God demands from you less than your iniquity deserves Demanding from Job represents punishing Job. AT: "God is punishing you less than you deserve" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]]) # translationWords * [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/god]] * [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/believe]] * [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/purify]] * [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/blameless]] * [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/wise]] * [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/know]] * [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/iniquity]]