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Connecting Statement:
Job finishes presenting his case to God.
For you write down bitter things against me
"Bitter things" represents accusations. AT: "For you write down accusations against me" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)
you make me inherit the iniquities of my youth
Inheriting the iniquities of his youth is a metaphor. Possible meanings are it represents 1) being guilty for the sins of his youth. AT: "you say that I am still guilty for the sins of my youth" or 2) being punished for the sins of his youth. AT: "you punish me for the sins of my youth" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)
the iniquities of my youth
The abstract noun "youth" can be translated with the word "young." AT: "the sins I committed when I was young" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-abstractnouns)
You also put my feet in the stocks
Doing this represents punishing Job and keeping him from living freely as if Job had committed a crime and was a prisoner. AT: "It is as though you put my feet in the stocks" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)
the stocks
Possible meanings are 1) a frame that holds a prisoner's feet in place so that he cannot move at all or 2) chains around a prisoner's feet that make it hard for him to walk. These are used as a form of punishment.
all my paths
"Paths" represent the things Job does. AT: "everything I do" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)
you examine the ground where the soles of my feet have walked
The soles of his feet represent the person who walks. AT: "you examine the ground where I have walked" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche)
you examine the ground where the soles of my feet have walked
Examining this ground represents examining all that Job has done. AT: "it is as though you examine the ground where I have walked" or "you examine everything I do like a person examining someone's footprints on the ground" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)
like a rotten thing that wastes away
Job compares his life to something that is decaying. He is slowly dying. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile)
like a garment that moths have eaten
Job compares himself to clothes that are full of holes because the moths have eaten parts of it. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile)