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OET (OET-RV) Would you terrify a leaf blown by the wind?
⇔ ≈Would you chase a dry stalk to punish it?
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion
הֶעָלֶ֣ה נִדָּ֣ף תַּעֲר֑וֹץ וְאֶת־קַ֖שׁ יָבֵ֣שׁ תִּרְדֹּֽף
the,leaf driven frighten and=DOM chaff dry pursue
Job is using the question form for emphasis. If you would not use the question form for that purpose in your language, you could translate these questions as statements or as exclamations. Alternate translation: “You do not need to terrify a driven leaf! You do not need to pursue dry stubble!”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
הֶעָלֶ֣ה נִדָּ֣ף תַּעֲר֑וֹץ וְאֶת־קַ֖שׁ יָבֵ֣שׁ תִּרְדֹּֽף
the,leaf driven frighten and=DOM chaff dry pursue
Job is speaking as if he were literally a driven leaf and dry stubble. By comparing himself to those things, he is indicating that he is fragile and insignificant and that God does not need to oppose him powerfully. If it would be clearer in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation, as exclamations: “You do not need to terrify someone who is as fragile as I am! You do not need to pursue someone who is as insignificant as I am!”
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive
הֶעָלֶ֣ה נִדָּ֣ף
the,leaf driven
If your language does not use this passive form, you could express the idea in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Job is referring to a leaf that is driven by the wind. Alternate translation: “a leaf that the wind is driving” or “a leaf that the wind is blowing about”
13:25 In the Old Testament, dry straw is a common image for what can be blown away (“chaff,” Ps 83:13; Isa 40:24; Jer 13:24) or burned (Exod 15:7; Isa 47:14; Mal 4:1; see also “dry grass,” Isa 5:24; 33:11), or for what is weak (Job 41:20-21) and trifling (Isa 41:2).
OET (OET-RV) Would you terrify a leaf blown by the wind?
⇔ ≈Would you chase a dry stalk to punish it?
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.