OET interlinear JOB 16:8

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / personification

וַֽ֭⁠תִּקְמְטֵ⁠נִי לְ⁠עֵ֣ד הָיָ֑ה וַ⁠יָּ֥קָם בִּ֥⁠י כַ֝חֲשִׁ֗⁠י בְּ⁠פָנַ֥⁠י יַעֲנֶֽה

(Some words not found in UHB: and,you,have_seized_me (into)_a,witness it_became and=he/it_rose_up on,me leanness_of,my in,face_of,my testifies )

Job is speaking as if his shriveled condition, his leanness, were a living thing that was serving as a witness and testifying against him. He means that people consider him to be guilty of sin because they believe that God is punishing him with a sickness that has made him lose weight. If it would be clearer in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [and because you have afflicted me with a sickness that has made me emaciated, people consider that to be evidence that I have sinned]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / yousingular

וַֽ֭⁠תִּקְמְטֵ⁠נִי

(Some words not found in UHB: and,you,have_seized_me (into)_a,witness it_became and=he/it_rose_up on,me leanness_of,my in,face_of,my testifies )

The word you is singular here because Job is using it to refer to God. So use the singular form in your translation if your language marks that distinction.

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / synecdoche

בְּ⁠פָנַ֥⁠י

(Some words not found in UHB: and,you,have_seized_me (into)_a,witness it_became and=he/it_rose_up on,me leanness_of,my in,face_of,my testifies )

Here the word face could mean: (1) Job himself, using one part of him to represent all of him. Alternate translation: [against me]; (2) Job’s reputation as a righteous person, in a specific sense of the word face. Alternate translation: [against my good reputation]