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OET (OET-LV) If/because you_will_till DOM the_soil not it_will_repeat to_give her/its_vigor/produce to/for_you(fs) a_wanderer and_nodding/deploring/taunting you_will_be in/on_the_earth.
OET (OET-RV) Whenever you till and plant the ground, it will no longer produce good yields for you. You’ll be a fugitive and wandering refugee on the earth.”
כִּ֤י
that/for/because/then/when
Alternate translation: “As a result, whenever”
תַֽעֲבֹד֙ אֶת הָ֣אֲדָמָ֔ה
you(ms)_work/serve/till DOM the=soil
See how you translated work the ground in Gen 2:5 and 3:23; also see similar phrases in 4:2, 11. Alternate translation: “you try to farm the soil,”
לֹֽא תֹסֵ֥ף תֵּת כֹּחָ֖הּ לָ֑ךְ
not it_will_add/repeat to_give her/its=vigor/produce to/for=you(fs)
Alternate translation: “it will no longer grow good crops for you.” or “it will not grow enough food for you anymore.”
תִּֽהְיֶ֥ה
you(ms)_will_be
Consider whether or not it is better in your language to begin a new sentence here. Alternate translation: “and you will also”
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / hendiadys
נָ֥ע וָנָ֖ד תִּֽהְיֶ֥ה בָאָֽרֶץ
wavering/wandering and=nodding/deploring/taunting you(ms)_will_be in/on_the=earth
The phrase a fugitive and a wanderer forms a hendiadys. Consider what is the best way to translate that phrase in your language. Alternate translation: “be a fugitive who wanders around on the earth without a permanent home.” or “be a homeless outcast on the earth.” or “be rejected by people so that you have no permanent home and have to move from place to place.”
4:11-12 As with his father (cp. 3:9-12, 17-19), Cain’s interrogation (4:9-10) was followed by God’s verdict. Adam’s sin had already caused the ground to be cursed. Now Cain was cursed and banished from the land he farmed because he had contaminated it with innocent blood.
• homeless wanderer: Cain was condemned to ceaseless roving in a land that would provide neither sustenance nor security. The effects of sin were escalating.
OET (OET-LV) If/because you_will_till DOM the_soil not it_will_repeat to_give her/its_vigor/produce to/for_you(fs) a_wanderer and_nodding/deploring/taunting you_will_be in/on_the_earth.
OET (OET-RV) Whenever you till and plant the ground, it will no longer produce good yields for you. You’ll be a fugitive and wandering refugee on the earth.”
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Greek words that they’re translated from.