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 V22 V24 V25 V26 V27 V28 V29 V30 V31 V32 V33 V34 V35
OET-LV He is_wandering for_food where he_knows if/because_that has_been_prepared in_his/its_hand a_day_of darkness.
OET (OET-RV) They wander around searching for food that must be there.
⇔ They know that dark days are ahead—already prepared.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / quotesinquotes
נֹ֘דֵ֤ד ה֣וּא לַלֶּ֣חֶם אַיֵּ֑ה
wanders he/it (Some words not found in UHB: wanders he/it for,food where knowing that/for/because/then/when ready in=his/its=hand day darkness )
If it would be clearer in your language, you could translate this so that there is not a quotation within a quotation. Alternate translation: [He is wandering for bread, asking where it is] or [He is wandering for bread, wondering where he will find it]
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / synecdoche
לַלֶּ֣חֶם
(Some words not found in UHB: wanders he/it for,food where knowing that/for/because/then/when ready in=his/its=hand day darkness )
Eliphaz is using one kind of food, bread, to mean food in general. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [for food]
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom
יֽוֹם־חֹֽשֶׁךְ
day (Some words not found in UHB: wanders he/it for,food where knowing that/for/because/then/when ready in=his/its=hand day darkness )
Eliphaz is using the term day to refer to a specific time. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [a time of darkness]
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
יֽוֹם־חֹֽשֶׁךְ
day (Some words not found in UHB: wanders he/it for,food where knowing that/for/because/then/when ready in=his/its=hand day darkness )
Eliphaz is speaking as if this wicked person knows that a time is coming when there will literally be darkness during the day. If it would be clearer in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [a time of great trouble]
Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive
נָכ֖וֹן בְּיָד֣וֹ
ready (Some words not found in UHB: wanders he/it for,food where knowing that/for/because/then/when ready in=his/its=hand day darkness )
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: [that God has prepared for him is at hand]
Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom
נָכ֖וֹן בְּיָד֣וֹ
ready (Some words not found in UHB: wanders he/it for,food where knowing that/for/because/then/when ready in=his/its=hand day darkness )
Eliphaz is using the expression at hand to mean “nearby,” and he means near in time rather than near in place. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [is prepared and just about to happen]
OET-LV He is_wandering for_food where he_knows if/because_that has_been_prepared in_his/its_hand a_day_of darkness.
OET (OET-RV) They wander around searching for food that must be there.
⇔ They know that dark days are ahead—already prepared.
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.