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Job C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 C9 C10 C11 C12 C13 C14 C15 C16 C17 C18 C19 C20 C21 C22 C23 C24 C25 C26 C27 C28 C29 C30 C31 C32 C33 C34 C35 C36 C37 C38 C39 C40 C41 C42
OET (OET-LV) Or complain to_the_earth and_teach_you and_declare to/for_yourself(m) the_fish(es) the_sea.
OET (OET-RV) Or complain to the ground and it’ll teach you,
⇔ and the fish in the sea will declare it to you.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / imperative
א֤וֹ שִׂ֣יחַ לָאָ֣רֶץ וְתֹרֶ֑ךָּ וִֽיסַפְּר֥וּ לְ֝ךָ֗ דְּגֵ֣י הַיָּֽם
or bush/shrub_of to_the,earth and,teach,you and,declare to/for=yourself(m) fish the=sea
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: “Or if you spoke to the earth, then it would teach you; the fish of the sea would recount to you”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / personification
א֤וֹ שִׂ֣יחַ לָאָ֣רֶץ וְתֹרֶ֑ךָּ וִֽיסַפְּר֥וּ לְ֝ךָ֗ דְּגֵ֣י הַיָּֽם
or bush/shrub_of to_the,earth and,teach,you and,declare to/for=yourself(m) fish the=sea
Job is continuing to speak as if Zophar could literally have a conversation with the earth and with fish. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “If you could actually speak to the earth, it would teach you. If you could have a conversation with the fish of the sea, they would recount to you”
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
וְתֹרֶ֑ךָּ וִֽיסַפְּר֥וּ לְ֝ךָ֗ דְּגֵ֣י הַיָּֽם
and,teach,you and,declare to/for=yourself(m) fish the=sea
Once again Job means implicitly that the earth and the fish would teach and recount God’s ways. You could indicate that in your translation if it would be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation: “and it will teach you God’s ways; the fish of the sea will recount God’s ways to you”
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis
וִֽיסַפְּר֥וּ לְ֝ךָ֗ דְּגֵ֣י הַיָּֽם
and,declare to/for=yourself(m) fish the=sea
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: “or ask the fish of the sea, and they will recount to you”
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) Or complain to_the_earth and_teach_you and_declare to/for_yourself(m) the_fish(es) the_sea.
OET (OET-RV) Or complain to the ground and it’ll teach you,
⇔ and the fish in the sea will declare it to 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.