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873 B
873 B
You have made me dry up
This means that Job's body has shriveled and become wrinkled. Alternate translation: "You have made my body shrivel up" (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-explicit)
which itself is a witness against me
Job describes the shriveling of his body as if it were an accuser against him. Alternate translation: "and people think that shows me to be a sinner" (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-personification)
the leanness of my body rises up against me, and it testifies against
Job describes the thinness of his body as if it were accuser against him. Alternate translation: "They see how thin my body is, and they think that proves that I am guilty" (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-personification)
against my face
Here Job is referred to by his "face." Alternate translation: "against me" (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-synecdoche)