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OET (OET-LV) If I_am_guilty woe to_me and_righteous not I_will_lift_up my_head surfeited of_shame and_look affliction_my.
OET (OET-RV) If I’m guilty, may my end be bad.
⇔ If I’m innocent, I won’t raise my head.
⇔ I’m full of shame and you’ve seen my suffering.
Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result
אִם־רָשַׁ֡עְתִּי אַלְלַ֬י לִ֗י וְ֭צָדַקְתִּי לֹא־אֶשָּׂ֣א רֹאשִׁ֑י שְׂבַ֥ע קָ֝ל֗וֹן וּרְאֵ֥ה עָנְיִֽי
if guilty woe to=me and,righteous not lift_up my=head filled shame and,look affliction,my
If it would be more natural in your language, you could put the phrase I will not lift my head at the end of this verse, since the material that follows this phrase gives the reason for the result that it describes. Alternate translation: “And even if I am righteous, because I am nevertheless full of disgrace—yes, see my affliction!—I will not lift my head”
Note 2 topic: translate-symaction
לֹא־אֶשָּׂ֣א רֹאשִׁ֑י
not lift_up my=head
Job is saying that he would not lift his head (that is, he would look down) as a symbolic action to express that he was feeling shame. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could explain the significance of this action. There may be some physical gesture with the same meaning in your culture that you could use in your translation. You could also use a general expression. Alternate translation: “I will still look down in shame” or “I will still cover my eyes in shame” or “I will still act ashamed”
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
שְׂבַ֥ע קָ֝ל֗וֹן
filled shame
For emphasis, Job is speaking of himself as if he were a container that disgrace could fill. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the emphasis in another way. Alternate translation: “I feel very disgraced”
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / yousingular
וּרְאֵ֥ה עָנְיִֽי
and,look affliction,my
The imperative see is singular because Job is addressing God, not his three friends. So use the second-person singular in your translation if your language marks that distinction. It may also be helpful to specify the addressee. Alternate translation: “Yes, God, see my affliction”
Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy
וּרְאֵ֥ה
and,look
Job is using the term see to mean “consider” by association with the way people consider things that they are looking at. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “Yes, consider”
OET (OET-LV) If I_am_guilty woe to_me and_righteous not I_will_lift_up my_head surfeited of_shame and_look affliction_my.
OET (OET-RV) If I’m guilty, may my end be bad.
⇔ If I’m innocent, I won’t raise my head.
⇔ I’m full of shame and you’ve seen my suffering.
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.