1 tn The meaning is that of writing down a formal charge against someone (cf. Job 31:15).
2 sn Job acknowledges sins in his youth, but they are trifling compared to the suffering he now endures. Job thinks it unjust of God to persecute him now for those – if that is what is happening.
3 tn Heb “on a land, no man.”
4 tn Heb “a desert, no man in it.”