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OET (OET-LV) Will_he_change a_Kūshiy/(Cushi)te skin_of_his and_a_leopard spots_of_its also you(pl) you(pl)_will_be_able to_do_good Oh_those_accustomed_of (of)_to_do_evil.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion
(Occurrence 0) Can the people of Cush change their skin color, or a leopard change its spots?
(Some words not found in UHB: will,he_change? Kūshiy/(Ethiopian) skin_of,his and,a_leopard spots_of,its also/yet you(pl) can to,do_good accustomed_of doing_evil )
This rhetorical question is used to state an example of something that is impossible. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express this question as a statement. Also, the understood verb “can” maybe be supplied in the second phrase. Alternate translation: “The people of Cush cannot change their skin color and a leopard cannot change its spots.” (See also: figs-ellipsis)
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / irony
(Occurrence 0) If so, then you yourself, although accustomed to wickedness, would be able to do good
(Some words not found in UHB: will,he_change? Kūshiy/(Ethiopian) skin_of,his and,a_leopard spots_of,its also/yet you(pl) can to,do_good accustomed_of doing_evil )
This statement is ironic because the examples about the Cushite and the leopard are impossible situations. This states that if those impossible things could happen then they could do good. Alternate translation: “Just like these things are impossible, so it is also impossible for you who always do evil to do good”
13:23 an Ethiopian: People have no choice about the color of their skin, just as a leopard has no choice about being spotted. In the same way, God’s people were born trapped by evil. They had no ability to change on their own, and they refused to allow the Lord to change them.
OET (OET-LV) Will_he_change a_Kūshiy/(Cushi)te skin_of_his and_a_leopard spots_of_its also you(pl) you(pl)_will_be_able to_do_good Oh_those_accustomed_of (of)_to_do_evil.
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.