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OET (OET-LV) If/because it_teaches iniquity_your mouth_your and_choose [the]_tongue of_crafty_[people].
OET (OET-RV) Thus your wickedness drives your words,
⇔ ≈and you choose the language of crafty people.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / personification
יְאַלֵּ֣ף עֲוֺנְךָ֣ פִ֑יךָ
teaches iniquity,your mouth,your
Eliphaz is speaking as if Job’s iniquity were a living thing that was teaching his mouth what to say. He means that Job is saying wrong things about God in order to excuse his own sin. If it would be clearer in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “you are saying things to excuse your inquity”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy
וְ֝תִבְחַ֗ר לְשׁ֣וֹן עֲרוּמִֽים
and,choose tongue crafty
Eliphaz is using the term tongue by association to mean speaking. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “you are deliberately speaking as the crafty do” or “you know that you are speaking deceitfully”
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / nominaladj
עֲרוּמִֽים
crafty
Eliphaz is using the adjective crafty as a noun to mean a certain kind of person. Your language may use adjectives in the same way. If not, you can translate this word with an equivalent phrase. Alternate translation: “crafty people”
OET (OET-LV) If/because it_teaches iniquity_your mouth_your and_choose [the]_tongue of_crafty_[people].
OET (OET-RV) Thus your wickedness drives your words,
⇔ ≈and you choose the language of crafty people.
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.