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OET (OET-RV) ⇔ Earth, don’t just cover over my blood.
⇔ Don’t just become a hiding place for my cries.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / apostrophe
אֶ֭רֶץ אַל־תְּכַסִּ֣י דָמִ֑י
earth/land not cover blood,my
Job is speaking to something that he knows cannot hear him, the Earth. He is doing that to show in a strong way how he feels about what has been happening to him. If it would be clearer in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “I hope that when I die, my blood will remain visible on the earth”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
אֶ֭רֶץ אַל־תְּכַסִּ֣י דָמִ֑י
earth/land not cover blood,my
Job is speaking as if he were literally going to be murdered and as if his blood were going to fall to the ground and soak into the earth unless something prevented that. He means that he is like the victim of a deadly crime in that he deserves justice but there is a risk that he will not receive it. If it would be clearer in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “I want to receive justice for what is happening to me”
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / apostrophe
וְֽאַל־יְהִ֥י מָ֝ק֗וֹם לְזַעֲקָתִֽי
and,no let_it_be place for,cry,my
It is likely that Job is continuing to address the Earth in this part of the verse. Once again he is doing that in order to show in a strong way how he feels about what has been happening to him. Job is speaking as if the earth could hear him and as if it could make sure that none of its locations would provide a place for anyone to hide Job’s cry so that it was not answered. The context makes clear that this is a cry for justice. If it would be clearer in your language, you could state the meaning plainly Alternate translation: “and I hope that my cry for justice is answered and not hidden”
16:18 Job’s blood would cry out that he had been innocent and that he had suffered undeservedly (cp. Gen 4:10-11; Isa 26:21; Ezek 24:7-8).
OET (OET-RV) ⇔ Earth, don’t just cover over my blood.
⇔ Don’t just become a hiding place for my cries.
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.