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OET (OET-LV) And_again I_have_seen under the_sun the_place_of (the)_justice was_(to)_(to) (the)_wickedness and_the_place_of (the)_righteousness was_(to)_(to) (the)_wickedness.
OET (OET-RV) Then again I saw in this world at the place of judgement, there was wickedness,
⇔
and at the place of righteousness, there was wickedness.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom
תַּ֣חַת הַשָּׁ֑מֶשׁ
below/instead_of the,sun
Solomon is using under the sun as a common expression of the culture to mean “in this world.” If this phrase does not have that meaning for your readers, you could use a comparable expression from your language that does have that meaning, or you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [in this world]
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns
הַמִּשְׁפָּט֙
of_(the),justice
If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of judgment, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: [just decisions]
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns
הָרֶ֔שַׁע
(the),wickedness
If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of wickedness, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: [wicked deeds … wicked deeds]
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns
הַצֶּ֖דֶק
of_(the),righteousness
If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of righteousness, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: [righteous actions]
Note 5 topic: grammar-connect-logic-contrast
וְע֥וֹד רָאִ֖יתִי תַּ֣חַת הַשָּׁ֑מֶשׁ מְק֤וֹם הַמִּשְׁפָּט֙ שָׁ֣מָּה הָרֶ֔שַׁע וּמְק֥וֹם הַצֶּ֖דֶק שָׁ֥מָּה הָרָֽשַׁע
and,again saw below/instead_of the,sun place/spot of_(the),justice [was]_(to),(to) (the),wickedness and,the_place_of of_(the),righteousness [was]_(to),(to) (the),wickedness
Solomon uses the words And again here to indicate a contrast between God’s sovereign ordering of all things and the presence of wickedness in places of judgment. In your translation, indicate this contrast in a way that is natural in your language.
Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / parallelism
וְע֥וֹד רָאִ֖יתִי תַּ֣חַת הַשָּׁ֑מֶשׁ מְק֤וֹם הַמִּשְׁפָּט֙ שָׁ֣מָּה הָרֶ֔שַׁע וּמְק֥וֹם הַצֶּ֖דֶק שָׁ֥מָּה הָרָֽשַׁע
and,again saw below/instead_of the,sun place/spot of_(the),justice [was]_(to),(to) (the),wickedness and,the_place_of of_(the),righteousness [was]_(to),(to) (the),wickedness
These two clauses mean basically the same thing. The second emphasizes the meaning of the first by repeating the same idea with different words. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could combine them and express the emphasis in another way.
OET (OET-LV) And_again I_have_seen under the_sun the_place_of (the)_justice was_(to)_(to) (the)_wickedness and_the_place_of (the)_righteousness was_(to)_(to) (the)_wickedness.
OET (OET-RV) Then again I saw in this world at the place of judgement, there was wickedness,
⇔
and at the place of righteousness, there was wickedness.
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.
Acknowledgements: The Hebrew text, lemmas, and morphology are all thanks to the OSHB and some of the glosses are from Macula Hebrew.