OET interlinear JOB 33:5

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

עֶרְכָ֥⁠ה & הִתְיַצָּֽבָ⁠ה

set_~_inorder, & take_~_stand,

Although they are used in other contexts as well, the words translated as array and station can have the sense of organizing troops into formations and placing them on a field of battle in order to defend a certain position. Elihu may be speaking as if Job’s words were troops that he wanted him to organize and as if Job himself were an army that should make a stand on a battlefield. Your language may have a comparable expression that you can use in your translation. You could also use plain language. Alternate translation: “marshal your arguments … draw up your defense” or “organize what you want to say … prepare to defend yourself”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

לְ֝⁠פָנַ֗⁠י

to/for=my=face/front

Here the word face represents the presence of a person by association with the way people can see the face of someone who is present. Alternate translation: “in my presence” or “to me personally”