OET interlinear JOB 15:34

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / nominaladj

חָנֵ֣ף

godless

Eliphaz is using the adjective godless as a noun to mean a certain group of people. Your language may use adjectives in the same way. If not, you can translate this word with an equivalent phrase. Alternate translation: “godless people”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

גַּלְמ֑וּד

barren

This could mean: (1) that godless people literally will have no children or that they will have no children who survive them. Alternate translation: “will have no children who survive them” (2) that godless people will produce nothing of enduring value, as if they had no descendants. Alternate translation: “will produce nothing of enduring value”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

וְ֝⁠אֵ֗שׁ אָכְלָ֥ה אָֽהֳלֵי־שֹֽׁחַד

and,fire eating tents bribes

Eliphaz is speaking as if fire would literally devour or eat up these tents. He means that fire would destroy them. If it would be clearer in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “and fire destroys the tents of bribery”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

וְ֝⁠אֵ֗שׁ אָכְלָ֥ה אָֽהֳלֵי־שֹֽׁחַד

and,fire eating tents bribes

Eliphaz is using the term bribery by association to mean people who pay and demand bribes. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “and fire destroys the tents of people who engage in bribery”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

וְ֝⁠אֵ֗שׁ אָכְלָ֥ה אָֽהֳלֵי־שֹֽׁחַד

and,fire eating tents bribes

Eliphaz is speaking as if the tents of people who engage in bribery will literally burn up in a fire. He means that they will be destroyed by one means or another. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “and the tents of people who engage in bribery will be destroyed”

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / synecdoche

וְ֝⁠אֵ֗שׁ אָכְלָ֥ה אָֽהֳלֵי־שֹֽׁחַד

and,fire eating tents bribes

Eliphaz is using one possession of wicked people, the tents in which they live, to mean all of their possessions and their standing in the community. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. See how you translated the similar expression in 8:22. Alternate translation: “and those who practice bribery will be without status or means”