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OET (OET-RV) ⇔ Will you find the deep things of God?
⇔ Will you discover the limits of the provider?
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom
הַחֵ֣קֶר אֱל֣וֹהַ תִּמְצָ֑א
the,depths god fathom
Zophar is using the word find to mean “understand” and the word “searching” to mean contemplation. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “Will you understand God through contemplation”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion
הַחֵ֣קֶר אֱל֣וֹהַ תִּמְצָ֑א
the,depths god fathom
Zophar 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 will not find God by searching!” or “You cannot understand God through contemplation!”
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom
אִ֤ם עַד־תַּכְלִ֖ית שַׁדַּ֣י תִּמְצָֽא
if until limits almighty discover
Zophar is using the word if to introduce a question that anticipates a negative answer. (And once again he is using the word find to mean “understand.”) If it would be helpful to your readers, you could indicate this in your translation. Alternate translation: “You will never understand the Almighty unto perfection, will you”
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns
אִ֤ם עַד־תַּכְלִ֖ית שַׁדַּ֣י תִּמְצָֽא
if until limits almighty discover
If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of perfection, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: “You will never understand the Almighty perfectly, will you”
Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion
אִ֤ם עַד־תַּכְלִ֖ית שַׁדַּ֣י תִּמְצָֽא
if until limits almighty discover
Zophar 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 will never understand the Almighty perfectly!”
11:7 No one can discover everything about the Almighty (literally find out the limits of the Almighty), who is beyond the limits of the heavens, underworld, land, and sea (11:8-9).
OET (OET-RV) ⇔ Will you find the deep things of God?
⇔ Will you discover the limits of the provider?
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.