OET interlinear JOB 11:2

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

הֲ⁠רֹ֣ב דְּ֭בָרִים לֹ֣א יֵעָנֶ֑ה וְ⁠אִם־אִ֖ישׁ שְׂפָתַ֣יִם יִצְדָּֽק

?,multitude words not he_is_answered and=if (a)_man full_of_talk vindicated

If your language does not use these passive forms, you could express the ideas in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: “Will no one answer the multitude of words? Or will anyone justify a man of lips?”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion

הֲ⁠רֹ֣ב דְּ֭בָרִים לֹ֣א יֵעָנֶ֑ה וְ⁠אִם־אִ֖ישׁ שְׂפָתַ֣יִם יִצְדָּֽק

?,multitude words not he_is_answered and=if (a)_man full_of_talk vindicated

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 these questions as statements or as exclamations. Alternate translation: “The multitude of words must be answered! A man of lips will not be justified!”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

הֲ⁠רֹ֣ב דְּ֭בָרִים לֹ֣א יֵעָנֶ֑ה

?,multitude words not he_is_answered

Zophar is using the term words by association to mean what Job has just said by using words. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “I must respond to the many things that you have just said”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

וְ⁠אִם־אִ֖ישׁ שְׂפָתַ֣יִם יִצְדָּֽק

and=if (a)_man full_of_talk vindicated

Zophar is using the word if to introduce a question that anticipates a negative answer. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could indicate this in your translation. Alternate translation: “A man of lips will not be justified, will he”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

וְ⁠אִם־אִ֖ישׁ שְׂפָתַ֣יִם יִצְדָּֽק

and=if (a)_man full_of_talk vindicated

Zophar is using the term lips by association to mean talking, since people use their lips when they talk. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “Or is a man justified because he talks so much about being righteous” or “A man will not be justified because he talks so much about being righteous, will he”

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / 123person

וְ⁠אִם־אִ֖ישׁ שְׂפָתַ֣יִם יִצְדָּֽק

and=if (a)_man full_of_talk vindicated

In this speech, Zophar is responding to Job, and he will address him directly as “you” in the rest of the speech. But here at the start he is speaking about Job in the third person, even though he is actually speaking to Job. If it would be helpful in your language, you could translate this in the second person. Alternate translation: “Or will you be justified by talking so much about being righteous”