en_tn/job/19/28.md

General Information:

Job continues to speak to his three friends.

How we will persecute him!

This is an exclamation. Possible meanings are 1) that they will certainly persecute Job or 2) that they will persecute him severely. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-exclamations)

The root of his troubles lies in him

The "root" represents the source. Alternate translation: "He is the source of all his troubles" or "He has all these troubles because of what he has done" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)