OET interlinear JOB 22:22

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

קַח & מִ⁠פִּ֣י⁠ו תּוֹרָ֑ה

receive & (Some words not found in UHB: receive now from,mouth_of,his instruction and,put words_of,his in,heart_of,your )

Eliphaz is using the term mouth by association to mean what God says by using his mouth. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [let what God says instruct you]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

וְ⁠שִׂ֥ים אֲ֝מָרָ֗י⁠ו בִּ⁠לְבָבֶֽ⁠ךָ

(Some words not found in UHB: receive now from,mouth_of,his instruction and,put words_of,his in,heart_of,your )

Eliphaz is speaking as if Job could literally set God’s words in his heart. He is using the heart to represent the memory. If it would be clearer in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [yes, carefully remember his words]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

וְ⁠שִׂ֥ים אֲ֝מָרָ֗י⁠ו בִּ⁠לְבָבֶֽ⁠ךָ

(Some words not found in UHB: receive now from,mouth_of,his instruction and,put words_of,his in,heart_of,your )

Eliphaz is using the term words to mean what God says by using words. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [yes, carefully remember what he says]