InterlinearVerse GEN EXO LEV NUM DEUT JOB YEHO (JOS) HERO (JDG) RUTH 1 SAM 2 SAM PSA AMOS HOS 1 KI 2 KI 1 CHR 2 CHR PROV ECC SNG YOEL (JOEL) MIC ISA ZEP HAB YIR (JER) LAM YNA (JNA) NAH OBAD DAN EZEK EZRA EST NEH HAG ZEC MAL 2 PS WIS TOB MAN BAR G DAN G ESD L ESD ESG JDT 3 MAC SIR 1 MAC 2 MAC 4 MAC YHN (JHN) MARK MAT LUKE ACTs YAC (JAM) GAL 1 TH 2 TH 1 COR 2 COR ROM COL LAOD PHM EPH PHP 1 TIM TIT 1 PET 2 PET 2 TIM HEB YUD (JUD) 1 YHN (1 JHN) 2 YHN (2 JHN) 3 YHN (3 JHN) REV
InterlinearVerse Job C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 C9 C10 C11 C12 C13 C14 C15 C16 C17 C18 C19 C21 C22 C23 C24 C25 C26 C27 C28 C29 C30 C31 C32 C33 C34 C35 C36 C37 C38 C39 C40 C41 C42
Job 20 V1 V2 V3 V4 V5 V6 V7 V8 V9 V10 V11 V12 V14 V15 V16 V17 V18 V19 V20 V21 V22 V23 V24 V25 V26 V27 V28 V29
OET-LV He_spares on/upon_it(f) and_not he_lets_it_untie/release and_he_withholds_it in_the_middle his_mouth_of_his.
OET (OET-RV) They would miss it too much to let it go,
⇔ and they keep it there in the middle of their mouths.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
יַחְמֹ֣ל עָ֭לֶיהָ וְלֹ֣א יַֽעַזְבֶ֑נָּה
loath on/upon=it(f) and=not (Some words not found in UHB: loath on/upon=it(f) and=not he,lets_it_loose and,he,withholds_it in_the=middle his_mouth_of,his )
Zophar is speaking as if a wicked person would literally have pity on wickedness and not forsake it. If it would be clearer in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [he is reluctant to let it go] or [he is reluctant to stop doing wicked things]
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
וְ֝יִמְנָעֶ֗נָּה בְּת֣וֹךְ חִכּֽוֹ
(Some words not found in UHB: loath on/upon=it(f) and=not he,lets_it_loose and,he,withholds_it in_the=middle his_mouth_of,his )
Zophar is speaking as if a wicked person would literally hold wickedness against the roof of his mouth so that he could savor it. If it would be clearer in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [but continues to savor it] or [but continues to savor doing them]
OET-LV He_spares on/upon_it(f) and_not he_lets_it_untie/release and_he_withholds_it in_the_middle his_mouth_of_his.
OET (OET-RV) They would miss it too much to let it go,
⇔ and they keep it there in the middle of their mouths.
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.
Acknowledgements: The Hebrew text, lemmas, and morphology are all thanks to the OSHB and some of the glosses are from Macula Hebrew.