InterlinearVerse GEN EXO LEV NUM DEUT JOB YEHO (JOS) HERO (JDG) RUTH 1 SAM 2 SAM PSA AMOS HOS 1 KI 2 KI 1 CHR 2 CHR PROV ECC SNG YOEL (JOEL) MIC ISA ZEP HAB YIR (JER) LAM YNA (JNA) NAH OBAD DAN EZEK EZRA EST NEH HAG ZEC MAL 2 PS WIS TOB MAN BAR G DAN G ESD L ESD ESG JDT 3 MAC SIR 1 MAC 2 MAC 4 MAC YHN (JHN) MARK MAT LUKE ACTs YAC (JAM) GAL 1 TH 2 TH 1 COR 2 COR ROM COL LAOD PHM EPH PHP 1 TIM TIT 1 PET 2 PET 2 TIM HEB YUD (JUD) 1 YHN (1 JHN) 2 YHN (2 JHN) 3 YHN (3 JHN) REV
InterlinearVerse Job C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 C9 C10 C11 C12 C13 C14 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 15 V1 V2 V3 V4 V5 V6 V7 V8 V9 V10 V11 V12 V13 V14 V15 V16 V17 V18 V19 V20 V21 V23 V24 V25 V26 V27 V28 V29 V30 V31 V32 V33 V34 V35
OET-LV Not he_believes to_return from darkness and[fn] he to the_sword.
15:22 OSHB variant note: ו/צפו: (x-qere) ’וְ/צָפ֖וּי’: lemma=c/6822 morph=HC/Vqsmsa id=18Ade וְ/צָפ֖וּי
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
לֹא־יַאֲמִ֣ין שׁ֭וּב מִנִּי־חֹ֑שֶׁךְ
not believe return (Some words not found in UHB: not believe return from darkness and, he/it for sword )
Eliphaz is speaking as if this wicked person has literally gone to a place where there is darkness and as if that wicked person does not believe that he can return from there. If it would be clearer in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [He does not believe that his troubles will ever end]
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / doublenegatives
לֹא־יַאֲמִ֣ין שׁ֭וּב מִנִּי־חֹ֑שֶׁךְ
not believe return (Some words not found in UHB: not believe return from darkness and, he/it for sword )
If it would be clearer in your language, you could translate this with a positive expression. Alternate translation: [He believes that he will always have troubles]
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
וְצָפ֖וּי ה֣וּא אֱלֵי־חָֽרֶב
(Some words not found in UHB: not believe return from darkness and, he/it for sword )
It is possible that this second part of the verse also describes what wicked people believe. You could indicate that in your translation if it would be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation: [and he is afraid that he is selected for the sword]
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive
וְצָפ֖וּי ה֣וּא אֱלֵי־חָֽרֶב
(Some words not found in UHB: not believe return from darkness and, he/it for sword )
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. Alternate translation: [and God has selected him for the sword] or [and God has determined that someone will kill him with a sword]
Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy
חָֽרֶב
sword
Eliphaz is using one kind of deadly weapon, the sword, by association to mean violent death. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [violent death]
OET-LV Not he_believes to_return from darkness and[fn] he to the_sword.
15:22 OSHB variant note: ו/צפו: (x-qere) ’וְ/צָפ֖וּי’: lemma=c/6822 morph=HC/Vqsmsa id=18Ade וְ/צָפ֖וּי
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.