OET interlinear JOB 22:6

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-words-phrases

כִּֽי

that/for/because/then/when

Eliphaz is not saying that Job has definitely done the wrongs that he describes in this verse and the next three verses. He is using the word For to encourage Job to consider what he might have done wrong, since God seems to be punishing him for something. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could indicate this in your translation. Alternate translation: “Perhaps” or “Consider whether”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

תַחְבֹּ֣ל אַחֶ֣י⁠ךָ חִנָּ֑ם

exacted_pledges brothers,your for_no_reason

By without cause, Eliphaz probably means that Job did not need to take a garment in pledge as security for the kind of small loan that a laborer in this culture would require. Job was a wealthy man, Eliphaz notes in verse 8, and he could afford a relatively small loss, while the outer garment the laborer would have to give in pledge (described in the second half of the verse) probably represented his most valuable possession. Eliphaz may also be suggesting that the laborer was trustworthy and Job could have and should have trusted him to repay the loan without demanding security. Your culture may have terms and customs relating to loans and pledges that you could use in your translation to bring out the implicit meaning here. Alternate translation: “you have forced your brother to give you his outer garment as security for a loan, even though you did not need to do that”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

אַחֶ֣י⁠ךָ

brothers,your

Eliphaz is using the term brother figuratively to mean a fellow human being. He is suggesting that Job should feel an affinity for any fellow human. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “your fellow human being”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

וּ⁠בִגְדֵ֖י עֲרוּמִּ֣ים תַּפְשִֽׁיט

and,clothing nude/naked stripped

The word translated naked can describe people who have little clothing, and that seems to be the meaning here. It would not make sense to speak of the clothing of people who were naked in the sense of having no clothing. The idea seems to be that by taking in pledge an outer garment that a laborer would also use as a blanket at night, Job was leaving that person without enough clothing to stay warm. You could indicate that in your translation if it would be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation: “indeed, you have left that person without enough clothing to stay warm”