OET interlinear DEUT 28:29

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / simile

כַּ⁠אֲשֶׁ֨ר יְמַשֵּׁ֤שׁ הָ⁠עִוֵּר֙ בָּ⁠אֲפֵלָ֔ה

(Some words not found in UHB: and,you_will_be grope in,noontide(s) just=as gropes (the)_blind,[person] in,darkness and=not prosper DOM ways_of,your and,you_will_be only oppressed and,robbed all/each/any/every the=days and,there_[will]_not_[be] help )

Here Moses is making a comparison. The point of this comparison is that just as the blind grope in the darkness and cannot find their way, so the people will be groping about at noon and will not be able to find their way or succeed. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make this point explicitly. Alternate translation: [as helplessly as blind people grope in the darkness]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

אֶת־דְּרָכֶ֑י⁠ךָ

DOM (Some words not found in UHB: and,you_will_be grope in,noontide(s) just=as gropes (the)_blind,[person] in,darkness and=not prosper DOM ways_of,your and,you_will_be only oppressed and,robbed all/each/any/every the=days and,there_[will]_not_[be] help )

Here Moses is speaking of how a person lives as if that were ways or paths that the person was walking along. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [in what you do] or [in your endeavors]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

וְ⁠הָיִ֜יתָ אַ֣ךְ עָשׁ֧וּק וְ⁠גָז֛וּל

and,you_will_be and,you_will_be only oppressed and,robbed

The expression you shall again be oppressed and robbed uses passive verbal forms. If your language would not use that form, you could express the idea in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: [And Yahweh will again allow your enemies to oppress and rob you]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

כָּל־הַ⁠יָּמִ֖ים

(Some words not found in UHB: and,you_will_be grope in,noontide(s) just=as gropes (the)_blind,[person] in,darkness and=not prosper DOM ways_of,your and,you_will_be only oppressed and,robbed all/each/any/every the=days and,there_[will]_not_[be] help )

See how you translated the expression “all of the days” in 4:40. Alternate translation: [forever]