OET interlinear JOB 18:12

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / personification

יְהִי־רָעֵ֥ב אֹנ֑⁠וֹ

let_it_be famished strength,his

Bildad is speaking of the strength of a wicked person as if it were a living thing that could become hungry. He means that a wicked person’s strength becomes weakened as if by hunger. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “He is weakened as if by hunger”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

וְ֝⁠אֵ֗יד נָכ֥וֹן

and,disaster ready

If your language does not use this passive form, you could express the idea in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. If you need to say who has done the action, the context suggests that it is God. Alternate translation: “and God has prepared disaster”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

לְ⁠צַלְעֽ⁠וֹ

for,stumbling,his

Bildad is speaking as if disaster were literally at the side of a wicked person. He means that it will strike him as soon as there is opportunity. If it would be clearer in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “to strike him as soon as there is opportunity”