en_tn/job/06/28.md

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Now

This word is used by Job to introduce new information.

please look

The verb "to look" is in second person plural form. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-youdual)

your face

"Your" is in second person plural form. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-youdual)

Relent, I beg you

"Please be merciful to me" or "Please turn back"

Relent

This verb is in second person plural form. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-youdual)

let there be no injustice with you

"treat me fairly"

Indeed, relent, for my cause is just

"Change the way you are treating me again; I am right in this" or "Change the way you are treating me; I am still right in this"

relent

This verb is in second person plural form. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-youdual)

Is there evil on my tongue?

"Do I say wicked things?" Job uses this question to rebuke his friends and to emphasize that he is not wicked. AT: "I do not say wicked things." (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion)

Is there evil on my tongue?

A tongue cannot physically have evil on it, so this is a metonym used to describe wicked speech. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy)

Cannot my mouth detect malicious things?

Job uses this question to rebuke his friends and to emphasize that he can tell the difference between right and wrong. AT: "I can tell the difference between good and bad." (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion)