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OET (OET-LV) In/on_day good be in_good and_on_a_day_of adversity consider also DOM this exactly_as_of this he_has_made the_ʼElohīm on cause_of that_not he_will_find_out the_humankind after_him anything.
OET (OET-RV) Be happy on a good day,
⇔
but on a day of problems, consider this:
⇔
God caused one, as well as the other—
⇔
humanity can’t discover what’s going to come next.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom
וּבְי֥וֹם רָעָ֖ה
and,on,a_day_of adversity
Solomon is using a day of misfortune as a common expression of the culture to mean “a time of adversity.” 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: [but when times are hard]
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns
רָעָ֖ה
adversity
If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of misfortune, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: [when things are going badly]
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns
הָֽאָדָ֛ם
the=humankind
See how you translated the similar expression in [7:2](../07/02.md).
Note 4 topic: writing-pronouns
אַחֲרָ֖יו
after,him
The pronoun him refers to God. It may be helpful to clarify this for your readers. Alternate translation: [after God]
Note 5 topic: grammar-connect-logic-goal
בְּי֤וֹם טוֹבָה֙ הֱיֵ֣ה בְט֔וֹב וּבְי֥וֹם רָעָ֖ה רְאֵ֑ה גַּ֣ם אֶת זֶ֤ה לְעֻמַּת זֶה֙ עָשָׂ֣ה הָֽאֱלֹהִ֔ים עַל דִּבְרַ֗ת שֶׁלֹּ֨א יִמְצָ֧א הָֽאָדָ֛ם אַחֲרָ֖יו מְאֽוּמָה
in/on=day prosperity be in,good and,on,a_day_of adversity consider also/yet DOM this exactly,as_of this he/it_had_made the=ʼElohīm on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in account_of that,not discover the=humankind after,him anything
Here, so that marks humanity cannot find anything after him as the goal or purpose of God making both good and bad days. Use a connector in your language that makes it clear that this is the purpose.
Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom
בְּי֤וֹם טוֹבָה֙ הֱיֵ֣ה בְט֔וֹב
in/on=day prosperity be in,good
Solomon is using a day of good as a common expression of the culture to mean “a time of prosperity.” 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: [When things are going well, enjoy them]
OET (OET-LV) In/on_day good be in_good and_on_a_day_of adversity consider also DOM this exactly_as_of this he_has_made the_ʼElohīm on cause_of that_not he_will_find_out the_humankind after_him anything.
OET (OET-RV) Be happy on a good day,
⇔
but on a day of problems, consider this:
⇔
God caused one, as well as the other—
⇔
humanity can’t discover what’s going to come next.
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.