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OET (OET-RV) Will they go down to the gates of the grave?
⇔ ≈Will we go down together into the ground?
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion
בַּדֵּ֣י שְׁאֹ֣ל תֵּרַ֑דְנָה אִם־יַ֖חַד עַל־עָפָ֣ר נָֽחַת
bars sheol go_down if together on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in dust descend
Job is using the question form for emphasis. If you would not use the question form for that purpose in your language, you could translate these questions as statements or as exclamations. Alternate translation: “Then they would descend to the bars of Sheol! Then our rest would be together in the dust!”
Note 2 topic: translate-plural
תֵּרַ֑דְנָה
go_down
The pronoun they refers to the hope that Job described in the previous verse. Job may be using a plural term to speak of the hope that he said would not be and the hope that he said no one would see, even though this is basically the same hope. If it would be more natural in your language, you could use a singular pronoun in your translation. Alternate translation: “Will it descend” or, as a statement, “Then it would descend”
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy
בַּדֵּ֣י שְׁאֹ֣ל
bars sheol
Job is using the term bars to mean “gates,” by association with the way that bars keep a gate locked. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “to the gates of Sheol”
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
בַּדֵּ֣י שְׁאֹ֣ל
bars sheol
Job means implicitly that if his hope went down to the bars or gates of Sheol, it would be admitted there. You could indicate that in your translation if it would be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation: “to Sheol and be admitted there”
Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / euphemism
אִם־יַ֖חַד עַל־עָפָ֣ר נָֽחַת
if together on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in dust descend
When Job speaks of having rest in the dust, he means having died. This is a poetic way of referring to death. Your language may have a similar expression that you could use in your translation. Alternate translation: “Will we die together” or “Will my hope die with me”
Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / personification
אִם־יַ֖חַד עַל־עָפָ֣ר נָֽחַת
if together on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in dust descend
Job is speaking of his hope as if it were a living thing that could have rest. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “Do I have nothing more to hope for in this life”
17:16 the grave (literally the bars of Sheol): Sheol—the abode of the dead—was seen as having a barred gate, allowing no escape.
OET (OET-RV) Will they go down to the gates of the grave?
⇔ ≈Will we go down together into the ground?
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.