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OET (OET-LV) [is]_wandering he for_the_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 for_the,food where
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
for_the,food
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 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 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 in=his/its=hand
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 in=his/its=hand
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”
15:23 They wander around, saying, “Where can I find bread?”: Like the wicked (15:20), Job either experienced hunger (see 15:27) or (following the Greek Old Testament) had been “appointed to be food for a vulture,” which would parallel “marked for the sword” (15:22).
OET (OET-LV) [is]_wandering he for_the_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 Greek words that they’re translated from.