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 Exo C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 C9 C10 C11 C12 C13 C14 C15 C16 C17 C18 C19 C20 C21 C23 C24 C25 C26 C27 C28 C29 C30 C31 C32 C33 C34 C35 C36 C37 C38 C39 C40
Exo 22 V1 V2 V3 V4 V5 V6 V7 V8 V9 V10 V11 V12 V13 V14 V15 V16 V17 V18 V19 V20 V21 V22 V23 V24 V25 V26 V28 V29 V30 V31
OET-LV (EXO 22:26) [fn] If/because it mmm[fn] it_alone it cloak_of for_skin_of_his in_what will_he_lie_down and_it_was if/because he_will_cry_out to_me and_I_will_hear if/because am_gracious I.
OET (OET-RV) because it’s their only covering. What else could they cover themselves with when they try to sleep? If they cry out to me, I’ll act on it, because I’m compassionate.
כְסוּתוֹ֙ לְבַדָּ֔הּ
(Some words not found in UHB: that/for/because/then/when who/which כסות,ה it,,alone who/which cloak_of, for,skin_of,his in,what? sleep and=it_was that/for/because/then/when cries_out to=me and,I_will_hear that/for/because/then/when gracious I )
Alternate translation: [is his only coat] or [is his only garment to keep him warm]
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion
בַּמֶּ֣ה יִשְׁכָּ֔ב
(Some words not found in UHB: that/for/because/then/when who/which כסות,ה it,,alone who/which cloak_of, for,skin_of,his in,what? sleep and=it_was that/for/because/then/when cries_out to=me and,I_will_hear that/for/because/then/when gracious I )
This question adds emphasis. If you would not use a rhetorical question for this purpose in your language, you could translate his words as a statement or an exclamation and communicate the emphasis in another way. Alternate translation: [He will have nothing to wear while he sleeps!]
OET-LV (EXO 22:26) [fn] If/because it mmm[fn] it_alone it cloak_of for_skin_of_his in_what will_he_lie_down and_it_was if/because he_will_cry_out to_me and_I_will_hear if/because am_gracious I.
OET (OET-RV) because it’s their only covering. What else could they cover themselves with when they try to sleep? If they cry out to me, I’ll act on it, because I’m compassionate.
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.