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OET (OET-LV) Am_not do_you(pl)_know am_not do_you(pl)_hear am_not has_it_been_told from_beginning to/for_you(pl) am_not have_you(pl)_understood the_foundations_of the_earth/land.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion
(Occurrence 0) Have you not known? Have you not heard? Has it not been told you from the beginning? Have you not understood from the foundations of the earth?
(Some words not found in UHB: am=not know am=not heard am=not told from,beginning to/for=you(pl) am=not understood foundations_of the=earth/land )
Isaiah uses these questions to emphasize that the people should know Yahweh’s greatness as the creator. Alternate translation: “You certainly know and have heard! It has been told to you from the beginning; you have understood from the foundations of the earth!” (See also: figs-parallelism)
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive
(Occurrence 0) Has it not been told you from the beginning?
(Some words not found in UHB: am=not know am=not heard am=not told from,beginning to/for=you(pl) am=not understood foundations_of the=earth/land )
If your language does not use the passive form in this way, you can state this in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: “Have people not told you from the beginning?”
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
(Occurrence 0) from the foundations of the earth
(Some words not found in UHB: am=not know am=not heard am=not told from,beginning to/for=you(pl) am=not understood foundations_of the=earth/land )
The prophet speaks of Yahweh creating the earth as if the earth were a building for which Yahweh laid the foundation. Alternate translation: “from the time that Yahweh created the earth”
40:21 Idolaters fail to discern who God is or to respond wisely to him. The godly in Israel would understand and see the hand of God in the unfolding story of redemption, which includes both exile and restoration (41:20).
OET (OET-LV) Am_not do_you(pl)_know am_not do_you(pl)_hear am_not has_it_been_told from_beginning to/for_you(pl) am_not have_you(pl)_understood the_foundations_of the_earth/land.
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.