This exclamation expresses Job's wish. AT: "I wish I had someone to hear me" or "I wish that someone would listen to me" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-exclamations]])
Here "my signature" represents Job's promise that everything he is saying is true. He speaks of his complaint as if he had written a legal document. AT: "I solemnly promise that all I have said is true" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
Here an answer probably refers to telling Job what wrong he accuses Job of doing. AT: "let the Almighty tell me what I have done wrong" or "I wish the Almighty would say what I have done wrong" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])
This expresses Job's wish. Job speaks as though his troubles are evidence that someone has written something accusing him of terrible sin. AT: "I wish I had the accusation that my opponent has written" or "If only I could read my opponent's complaint against me"
Possible meanings are 1) this refers to God or 2) this refers to someone else.
# Surely I would carry it openly on my shoulder; I would put it on like a crown
This represents putting it where everyone could read it. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
# I would declare to him an accounting for my steps
Here "my steps" represents Job's actions. AT: "I would declare to him an accounting for all I have done" or "I would tell him everything I have done" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
This means Job would approach God without any fear. Job implies that he could do this because he was not guilty. AT: "I would approach him boldly" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile]])
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