OET interlinear JOB 12:14

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-words-phrases

יַ֭הֲרוֹס וְ⁠לֹ֣א יִבָּנֶ֑ה יִסְגֹּ֥ר עַל־אִ֝֗ישׁ וְ⁠לֹ֣א יִפָּתֵֽחַ

tears_down and=not (Some words not found in UHB: if tears_down and=not rebuilt imprisons on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in (a)_man and=not released )

In both of these instances, Job is using the word and to introduce what happens under the condition he is describing. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could indicate this in your translation. Alternate translation: [if he breaks down, then it is not rebuilt; if he closes upon a man, then it is not opened]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

וְ⁠לֹ֣א יִבָּנֶ֑ה & וְ⁠לֹ֣א יִפָּתֵֽחַ

and=not and=not (Some words not found in UHB: if tears_down and=not rebuilt imprisons on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in (a)_man and=not released )

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: [and no one rebuilds … and no one opens]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

יִסְגֹּ֥ר עַל־אִ֝֗ישׁ וְ⁠לֹ֣א יִפָּתֵֽחַ

(Some words not found in UHB: if tears_down and=not rebuilt imprisons on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in (a)_man and=not released )

In this context, the expressions closes upon and opened refer to imprisonment and release. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [he imprisons a man, and that man is not released] or [if he imprisons a man, then no one releases that man]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / gendernotations

אִ֝֗ישׁ

(a)_man

Here the masculine term man has a generic sense that includes both men and women. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could use language in your translation that is clearly inclusive of both men and women. Alternate translation: [a man or woman] or [a person]