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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
Job 13 V1 V2 V3 V4 V5 V6 V7 V8 V9 V10 V11 V13 V14 V15 V16 V17 V18 V19 V20 V21 V22 V23 V24 V25 V26 V27 V28
OET (OET-LV) Maxims_of_your_all’s [are]_proverbs_of ash[es] as_defenses_of clay defenses_of_your_all’s.
OET (OET-RV) Your traditional sayings are proverbs of ashes.
⇔ ≈Your defenses might as well be made of clay.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
זִֽ֭כְרֹנֵיכֶם מִשְׁלֵי־אֵ֑פֶר
maxims_of,your_all's proverbs_of ashes
Job is speaking as if the maxims that his friends have been quoting were literally made of ashes. Since, in this culture, garbage was burned into ashes, Job likely means that these maxims are worthless, at least as applied to his situation. If it would be clearer in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “The memorable proverbs you have been quoting are worthless to me”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
לְגַבֵּי־חֹ֝֗מֶר גַּבֵּיכֶֽם
as,defenses_of clay defenses_of,your_all's
Job is speaking as if his friends’ defenses of God were literally made of clay. He likely means that, like clay, they are fragile and would shatter if struck. Your language may have a similar expression that you could use in your translation. Alternate translation: “your defenses would crumble if anyone challenged you”
OET (OET-LV) Maxims_of_your_all’s [are]_proverbs_of ash[es] as_defenses_of clay defenses_of_your_all’s.
OET (OET-RV) Your traditional sayings are proverbs of ashes.
⇔ ≈Your defenses might as well be made of clay.
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.
Acknowledgements: The Hebrew text, lemmas, and morphology are all thanks to the OSHB and some of the glosses are from Macula Hebrew.