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OET (OET-LV) And_subdued Midyān to_(the)_face_of/in_front_of/before the_people of_Yisrāʼēl/(Israel) and_not they_repeated to_lift_up heads_their and_had_rest the_earth/land forty year[s] in/on/at/with_days of_Gidˊōn.
OET (OET-RV) So Midian was kept under control by the Israelis and they didn’t continue to oppress the people, and there was peace in the region for forty years during Gideon’s time.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive
(Occurrence 0) So Midian was subdued before the people of Israel
(Some words not found in UHB: and,subdued Midyān to=(the)_face_of/in_front_of/before sons_of Yisrael and=not more to,lift_up heads,their and,had_rest the=earth/land forty year in/on/at/with,days Gidˊōn )
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: “So Yahweh subdued the Midianites before the people of Israel” or “So Yahweh helped the Israelites defeat the Midianites”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom
(Occurrence 0) they did not raise their heads up again
(Some words not found in UHB: and,subdued Midyān to=(the)_face_of/in_front_of/before sons_of Yisrael and=not more to,lift_up heads,their and,had_rest the=earth/land forty year in/on/at/with,days Gidˊōn )
This is an idiom. Alternate translation: “they did not attack Israel again”
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy
(Occurrence 0) So the land had peace
(Some words not found in UHB: and,subdued Midyān to=(the)_face_of/in_front_of/before sons_of Yisrael and=not more to,lift_up heads,their and,had_rest the=earth/land forty year in/on/at/with,days Gidˊōn )
Here “land” represents the people of Israel. Alternate translation: “So the Israelites lived peacefully”
Note 4 topic: translate-numbers
(Occurrence 0) forty years
(Some words not found in UHB: and,subdued Midyān to=(the)_face_of/in_front_of/before sons_of Yisrael and=not more to,lift_up heads,their and,had_rest the=earth/land forty year in/on/at/with,days Gidˊōn )
“40 years”
(Occurrence 0) in the days of Gideon
(Some words not found in UHB: and,subdued Midyān to=(the)_face_of/in_front_of/before sons_of Yisrael and=not more to,lift_up heads,their and,had_rest the=earth/land forty year in/on/at/with,days Gidˊōn )
Alternate translation: “during the life of Gideon”
8:28 When there was peace in the land (see study note on 3:7-11) before Abimelech, it was for multiples of twenty years (3:11, 30; 5:31). After Gideon, the lengths were shorter. Israel’s ongoing apostasy led to increased social instability (cp. chs 17–21).
OET (OET-LV) And_subdued Midyān to_(the)_face_of/in_front_of/before the_people of_Yisrāʼēl/(Israel) and_not they_repeated to_lift_up heads_their and_had_rest the_earth/land forty year[s] in/on/at/with_days of_Gidˊōn.
OET (OET-RV) So Midian was kept under control by the Israelis and they didn’t continue to oppress the people, and there was peace in the region for forty years during Gideon’s time.
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.