en_tn_condensed/job/07/19.md

How long will it be ... swallow down my own saliva?

Here Job conveys a single idea using two different rhetorical questions to emphasize his wish that God would stop watching him. AT: "Look away from me! Leave me alone long enough for me to swallow my own saliva!" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism and rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion)

saliva

liquid produced in people's mouths that keeps the mouth moist and helps to swallow food

Even if I have sinned ... burden for you?

Job poses these questions to argue against God treating him unfairly. AT: "Even if I have sinned, that would do nothing to you, as you watch over people. Tell me why you have made me your target, so that I am a burden for you." (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion)

translationWords

• rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/sin
• rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/watch
• rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/burden