OET interlinear JOB 21:33

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

רִגְבֵ֫י נָ֥חַל

clods_of valley

Job is using the phrase The clods of the torrent by association to mean the burial mound that the wicked person’s mourners build up over his grave. He is using the word torrent to mean the course that a torrent or stream flows through, from which people could take clods of dirt to build a mound. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [His burial mound]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

מָֽתְקוּ־ל֗⁠וֹ

sweet to=him/it

Job is speaking as if the wicked person, even after death, could literally taste his burial mound and find it to be sweet. Job means that the wicked person would enjoy being honored with a burial mound. If it would be clearer in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [will honor him]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / hyperbole

כָּל־אָדָ֣ם

(Some words not found in UHB: sweet to=him/it clods_of valley and,after,him all/each/any/every humankind follow and,before,face_of,him not number )

Job says every here as a generalization for emphasis. He means that a procession consisting of a large number of people will follow the wicked person’s body to its grave. If it would be clearer in your language, you could express the emphasis in a different way. Alternate translation: [a long procession]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

וּ֝⁠לְ⁠פָנָ֗י⁠ו

and,before,face_of,him

In this context, the phrase to his face means “in front of him” or “ahead of him.” It is a further reference to the funeral procession for the wicked person. Alternate translation: [and ahead of him]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / hyperbole

אֵ֣ין מִסְפָּֽר

not (Some words not found in UHB: sweet to=him/it clods_of valley and,after,him all/each/any/every humankind follow and,before,face_of,him not number )

As a generalization for emphasis, Job is saying that a number of people too great to count will walk in front of the wicked person’s body to lead it in an honorary procession to his grave. If it would be clearer in your language, you could express the emphasis in a different way. Alternate translation: [people in great numbers are also walking]