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OET (OET-RV) They change night into day in their minds—
⇔ ≈making light seem near while staring into the darkness.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
לַ֭יְלָה לְי֣וֹם יָשִׂ֑ימוּ
night into,day make
Job is speaking about troubled times in life as if they were literally night and happy, prosperous times in life as if they were literally day. If it would be clearer in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “They claim that what is happening to me is actually good”
Note 2 topic: writing-pronouns
יָשִׂ֑ימוּ
make
The pronoun They refers to Job’s friends. It may be helpful to clarify this for your readers. Alternate translation: “My friends change”
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / 123person
יָשִׂ֑ימוּ
make
Job is speaking about his friends in the third person. If it would be helpful in your language, you could translate this in the second person. Alternate translation: “You, my friends, change” or “You change”
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / quotations
א֝֗וֹר קָר֥וֹב מִפְּנֵי־חֹֽשֶׁךְ
light near from=face/in_front_of darkness
Many interpreters believe that in this sentence, Job is summarizing what his friends have been telling him. You may wish to represent the sentence in your translation as a direct quotation. Alternate translation: “You say, ‘Light is near from the face of darkness’”
Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy
א֝֗וֹר קָר֥וֹב מִפְּנֵי־חֹֽשֶׁךְ
light near from=face/in_front_of darkness
Here the word face represents the presence of something, by association with the way that people can see the face of a person who is present. Alternate translation: “Light is near from the presence of darkness”
Note 6 topic: writing-proverbs
א֝֗וֹר קָר֥וֹב מִפְּנֵי־חֹֽשֶׁךְ
light near from=face/in_front_of darkness
Job may be using a proverb, a short, popular saying about something that is generally true in life, to summarize what his friends have been telling him. Or his friends may have been quoting this proverb themselves in their advice to Job. Your language may have a similar saying that you could use in your translation. Alternate translation: “It’s always darkest before the dawn”
17:10-16 Job gave up on his comforters (6:15-21; 13:4-5; 16:2-3; cp. 12:2) and believed he would die a hopeless death.
OET (OET-RV) They change night into day in their minds—
⇔ ≈making light seem near while staring into the darkness.
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.