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Job continues to speak to his three friends.
If indeed you will exalt yourselves above me
"If you think you are better than I am" or "Since you act as though you are better than I am"
use my humiliation against me
How his friends would do this can be stated clearly. AT: "claim that my humiliation is proof against me" or "use my humiliation as evidence that I am guilty" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit)
use my humiliation against me
The abstract noun "humiliation" can be expressed with the verb "humiliate." AT: "claim that what has happened to humiliate me proves that I am guilty" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-abstractnouns)
has caught me in his net
Job speaks as if God were a hunter that has trapped Job in his net. This metaphor represents God taking control of Job and Job's feeling of helplessness. AT: "has trapped me" or "has taken control of me" or "has control of what happens to me, so that I am helpless" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)