OET interlinear JOB 19:17

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / synecdoche

ר֭וּחִֽ⁠י זָ֣רָה לְ⁠אִשְׁתִּ֑⁠י

my=breath/wind/spirit offensive (Some words not found in UHB: my=breath/wind/spirit offensive to,wife_of,my and,I_am_repulsive to,the_sons_of my_womb_of,my )

This could mean: (1) that Job is using one part of himself, his breath, to mean all of himself. In [verses 13–19](../19/13.md), Job is talking about how all of his friends and relatives now treat him as if they did not know him. In [verses 13](../19/13.md) and [15](../19/15.md), Job uses words related to the word that the ULT translates as strange in this verse. Alternate translation: [I am like a stranger to my wife]; (2) that Job is referring literally to his breath and saying that because of his sickness, it smells bad and is offensive to his wife. Alternate translation: [Because of my sickness, my breath smells bad and is offensive to my wife]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / possession

וְ֝⁠חַנֹּתִ֗י לִ⁠בְנֵ֥י בִטְנִֽ⁠י

(Some words not found in UHB: my=breath/wind/spirit offensive to,wife_of,my and,I_am_repulsive to,the_sons_of my_womb_of,my )

Job is the possessive form of my womb to mean the womb of his wife. He is speaking of the children that they had together. Alternate translation: [even though we had children together and I treated them kindly]