OET interlinear YHN (JHN) 11:9

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion

οὐχὶ δώδεκα ὧραί εἰσιν τῆς ἡμέρας?

not twelve hours are ˱of˲_the day

Jesus is using the form of a question for emphasis. If you would not use a rhetorical question for this purpose in your language, you could translate these words as a statement or an exclamation and communicate the emphasis in another way. Alternate translation: “There are surely 12 hours in the day.”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

ἐάν τις περιπατῇ ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ, οὐ προσκόπτει, ὅτι τὸ φῶς τοῦ κόσμου τούτου βλέπει

if anyone /may_be/_walking in the day not ˱he˲_/is/_stumbling because the light ¬the ˱of˲_world this ˱he˲_/is/_seeing

Here Jesus speaks about someone walking in the daytime in order to comfort his disciples who were worried about going to Judea. In this metaphor Jesus uses the light of this world to refer to himself, who has previously called himself “the Light of the World” in 8:12 and 9:5.This whole metaphor could mean: (1) if Jesus and his disciples did God’s work during the limited time God had given him to work with them (the daytime), they would not fail (stumble) because Jesus was with them. This interpretation has a similar meaning to Jesus’ statement in 9:4. Alternate translation: “If you do God’s work during the time I am here, you will succeed, because you are with me, the light of this world.” (2) someone who acts according to God’s will (walks in the daytime) does not fail (stumble) because Jesus guides that person. Alternate translation: “If someone acts according to God’s will, he will succeed, because I, the light of this world, will guide him”