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OET (OET-LV) Consider DOM the_work_of the_ʼElohīm if/because who is_he_able to_make_straight DOM that_which he_has_bent_it.
OET (OET-RV) Look at God’s work:
⇔
who can straighten what he’s made crooked?
Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result
רְאֵ֖ה אֶת מַעֲשֵׂ֣ה הָאֱלֹהִ֑ים כִּ֣י מִ֤י יוּכַל֙ לְתַקֵּ֔ן אֵ֖ת אֲשֶׁ֥ר עִוְּתֽוֹ
consider DOM work_of the=ʼElohīm that/for/because/then/when who? he/it_would_be_able to,make_straight DOM which/who he,has_bent_it
The word translated as For indicates that what follows is a reason for what came before. Use a connector in your language that makes it clear that what follows is a reason for what came before. Alternate translation: [See the work of the God: after all, who is able to straighten that which he has bent]
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion
מִ֤י יוּכַל֙ לְתַקֵּ֔ן אֵ֖ת אֲשֶׁ֥ר עִוְּתֽוֹ
who? he/it_would_be_able to,make_straight DOM which/who he,has_bent_it
Solomon is using the question form to emphasize that no one can undo what God has done. If a speaker of your language would not use the question form for that purpose, you could translate this as a statement or as an exclamation. Alternate translation: [no one is able to straighten that which he has bent.]
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
לְתַקֵּ֔ן אֵ֖ת אֲשֶׁ֥ר עִוְּתֽוֹ
to,make_straight DOM which/who he,has_bent_it
Here Solomon is speaking as if the events of life were physical objects that God had bent and that people might try to straighten. Your language may have a comparable expression that you can use in your translation, or you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [to correct what he has made wrong]
Note 4 topic: writing-pronouns
עִוְּתֽוֹ
he,has_bent_it
The pronoun he refers to God. It may be helpful to clarify this for your readers. Alternate translation: [God has bent]
OET (OET-LV) Consider DOM the_work_of the_ʼElohīm if/because who is_he_able to_make_straight DOM that_which he_has_bent_it.
OET (OET-RV) Look at God’s work:
⇔
who can straighten what he’s made crooked?
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.