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OET (OET-LV) And_but ask please [the]_animals and_teach_you and_bird the_heavens and_tell to/for_you(fs).
OET (OET-RV) ⇔ But please ask the animals and they’ll teach you.
⇔ Ask the birds in the sky and they’ll tell you.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / imperative
וְֽאוּלָ֗ם שְׁאַל־נָ֣א בְהֵמ֣וֹת וְתֹרֶ֑ךָּ וְע֥וֹף הַ֝שָּׁמַ֗יִם וְיַגֶּד־לָֽךְ
and,but ask now animals and,teach,you and=bird the=heavens and,tell to/for=you(fs)
Job is using an imperative sentence to tell the condition under which something would happen. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could translate this as a conditional sentence. Alternate translation: “But now if you asked the beasts, one of them would teach you, and if you asked the birds of the heavens, one of them would declare to you”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / personification
וְֽאוּלָ֗ם שְׁאַל־נָ֣א בְהֵמ֣וֹת וְתֹרֶ֑ךָּ וְע֥וֹף הַ֝שָּׁמַ֗יִם וְיַגֶּד־לָֽךְ
and,but ask now animals and,teach,you and=bird the=heavens and,tell to/for=you(fs)
Job is speaking as if Zophar could literally have a conversation with beasts and birds. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “If you actually could ask the beasts, one of them would teach you, and if you actually could ask the birds of the heavens, one of them would declare to you”
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / yousingular
וְֽאוּלָ֗ם שְׁאַל־נָ֣א
and,but ask now
The pronoun you and the implied “you” in the imperative verb (ask) are singular here and in the next verse because Job is speaking directly to one of his friends. So use the singular form in your translation if your language marks that distinction. Job is probably addressing Zophar, since he said in 11:8–9 that Job could search through all of creation and still not comprehend the wisdom of God. Job is saying in response that God’s ways are common knowledge to animals and birds. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could indicate that in your translation. Alternate translation: “But now, Zophar, ask”
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
וְתֹרֶ֑ךָּ & וְיַגֶּד־לָֽךְ
and,teach,you & and,tell to/for=you(fs)
Job means implicitly that the beasts and birds would teach and declare God’s ways. You could indicate that in your translation if it would be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation: “and one of them will teach you God’s ways … and one of them will declare God’s ways to you”
Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis
וְע֥וֹף הַ֝שָּׁמַ֗יִם
and=bird the=heavens
Job is leaving out some of the words that in many languages a sentence would need in order to be complete. You can supply these words from the context if that would be clearer in your language. Alternate translation: “ask the birds of the heavens”
12:7-9 A switch from you (plural in 12:2-3) to you (singular here) probably indicates that Job is directing his comments to Zophar.
OET (OET-LV) And_but ask please [the]_animals and_teach_you and_bird the_heavens and_tell to/for_you(fs).
OET (OET-RV) ⇔ But please ask the animals and they’ll teach you.
⇔ Ask the birds in the sky and they’ll tell you.
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.