InterlinearVerse GEN EXO LEV NUM DEUT JOB YEHO (JOS) HERO (JDG) RUTH 1 SAM 2 SAM PSA AMOS HOS 1 KI 2 KI 1 CHR 2 CHR PROV ECC SNG YOEL (JOEL) MIC ISA ZEP HAB YIR (JER) LAM YNA (JNA) NAH OBAD DAN EZEK EZRA EST NEH HAG ZEC MAL 2 PS WIS TOB MAN BAR G DAN G ESD L ESD ESG JDT 3 MAC SIR 1 MAC 2 MAC 4 MAC YHN (JHN) MARK MAT LUKE ACTs YAC (JAM) GAL 1 TH 2 TH 1 COR 2 COR ROM COL LAOD PHM EPH PHP 1 TIM TIT 1 PET 2 PET 2 TIM HEB YUD (JUD) 1 YHN (1 JHN) 2 YHN (2 JHN) 3 YHN (3 JHN) REV
InterlinearVerse Ecc C1 C2 C3 C5 C6 C7 C8 C9 C10 C11 C12
Ecc 4 V1 V2 V3 V4 V5 V6 V7 V8 V9 V11 V12 V13 V14 V15 V16
OET-LV If/because if they_will_fall_down the_one he_will_raise DOM companion_of_his and_woe_to_him the_one who_he_will_fall_down and_there_is_not a_second_person to_raise_him.
OET (OET-RV) Yes, if they fall, one person can help his companion up,
⇔ but it wouldn’t end so well if one person falls alone
⇔ and there’s no second person to help them.
Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-condition-hypothetical
כִּ֣י אִם יִפֹּ֔לוּ
that/for/because/then/when if falls
Solomon is presenting a possible condition, that if two companions fall, one can help the other up. Use a natural form in your language for introducing a condition that could happen. Alternate translation: [For if the two of them fall]
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / exclamations
וְאִ֣יל֗וֹ
and,woe!,to,him
Solomon is using a phrase that expresses a strong feeling, distress for the person who is alone and falls with no one to help. There may be an equivalent word or phrase in your language that you can use in your translation to convey this feeling. Alternate translation: [but how terrible it will be for him]
OET-LV If/because if they_will_fall_down the_one he_will_raise DOM companion_of_his and_woe_to_him the_one who_he_will_fall_down and_there_is_not a_second_person to_raise_him.
OET (OET-RV) Yes, if they fall, one person can help his companion up,
⇔ but it wouldn’t end so well if one person falls alone
⇔ and there’s no second person to help them.
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.