OET interlinear JOB 10:18

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion

וְ⁠לָ֣⁠מָּה מֵ֭⁠רֶחֶם הֹצֵאתָ֑⁠נִי

(Some words not found in UHB: and=for=what? from_[the],womb did,you_bring_me_out died and,an_eye not it,saw_me )

Job is using the question form for emphasis. If you would not use the question form for that purpose in your language, you could translate this as a statement or as an exclamation. Alternate translation: [You should not have brought me out of the womb!]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

וְ⁠לָ֣⁠מָּה מֵ֭⁠רֶחֶם הֹצֵאתָ֑⁠נִי

(Some words not found in UHB: and=for=what? from_[the],womb did,you_bring_me_out died and,an_eye not it,saw_me )

Job is speaking of God bringing him out from the womb by association to describe his birth. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [Why did you allow me to be born?] or [You should not have allowed me to be born!]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / euphemism

אֶ֝גְוַ֗ע

died

See how you translated the similar expression in [3:11](../03/11.md). Alternate translation: [If only I had passed away]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / synecdoche

וְ⁠עַ֣יִן לֹא־תִרְאֵֽ⁠נִי

and,an_eye not it,saw_me

Job is using one part of a person, the eye, to mean all of a person in the act of seeing. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [and no one had ever seen me]