OET interlinear JOB 15:11

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion

הַ⁠מְעַ֣ט מִ֭מְּ⁠ךָ תַּנְחֻמ֣וֹת אֵ֑ל וְ֝⁠דָבָ֗ר לָ⁠אַ֥ט עִמָּֽ⁠ךְ

?,small for,you consolations god and,word in,gently with,you

Eliphaz is using the question form for emphasis. If you would not use the question form for that purpose in your language, you could translate this as a statement or as an exclamation. Alternate translation: “You seem to consider the consolations of God to be too small for you. You seem to feel the same way about a word spoken in gentleness to you.”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

הַ⁠מְעַ֣ט מִ֭מְּ⁠ךָ תַּנְחֻמ֣וֹת אֵ֑ל

?,small for,you consolations god

Eliphaz is speaking as if Job literally considered the consolations of God to be small in size. He means that Job does not appear to consider them significant. If it would be clearer in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “Do you consider the consolations of God to be insignificant” or “You seem to consider the consolations of God to be insignificant”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

תַּנְחֻמ֣וֹת אֵ֑ל

consolations god

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of consolations, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: “Is what God is doing to comfort you”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis

וְ֝⁠דָבָ֗ר לָ⁠אַ֥ט עִמָּֽ⁠ךְ

and,word in,gently with,you

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 is a word in gentleness to you too small for you”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

וְ֝⁠דָבָ֗ר לָ⁠אַ֥ט עִמָּֽ⁠ךְ

and,word in,gently with,you

Eliphaz is using the term word to mean what he and the other friends have been saying to Job by using words. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “or what we have been telling you in gentleness”

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

וְ֝⁠דָבָ֗ר לָ⁠אַ֥ט עִמָּֽ⁠ךְ

and,word in,gently with,you

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of gentleness, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: “or what we have been telling you gently”

Note 7 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

וְ֝⁠דָבָ֗ר לָ⁠אַ֥ט עִמָּֽ⁠ךְ

and,word in,gently with,you

It may not seem that Job’s friends have been speaking to him in gentleness. Eliphaz has just said that he is wicked and guilty, and the other friends have said similar things. Eliphaz could mean: (1) that he and the other friends have been trying to speak to Job as gently as they could. Alternate translation: “or words that your friends have been speaking to you as gently as they could” (2) that given Job’s apparent disregard for God’s consolations, he and the other friends have been too gentle with Job. It may be helpful to begin a new sentence here. Alternate translation: “Perhaps we need to speak even more sternly to you!”