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OET (OET-LV) DOM not I_have_been_silenced from_face/in_front_of darkness and_by_face_my it_covers gloom.
Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-words-phrases
כִּֽי
that/for/because/then/when
Job is using the word For to introduce the reason why he is terrified of God, as he described in the previous two verses. You could indicate this in your translation if that would be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation: “I am terrified of God because”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive
לֹ֣א נִ֭צְמַתִּי
not silenced
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. Alternate translation: “God did not cut me off”
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
לֹ֣א נִ֭צְמַתִּי
not silenced
Job is speaking as if he might literally have been cut off, as if he were a branch on a tree, for example. He is talking about dying. If it would be clearer in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “I did not die” or “God did not let me die”
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy
מִפְּנֵי־חֹ֑שֶׁךְ
from=face/in_front_of darkness
In this instance, the phrase from the face of means “in front of” or “before.” It refers to time rather than to place. Alternate translation: “before the time of darkness” or “before the darkness came”
Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
מִפְּנֵי־חֹ֑שֶׁךְ
from=face/in_front_of darkness
Job is using the term darkness to represent troubles. See how you translated the similar expression in 20:26. Alternate translation: “before these troubles began”
Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy
וּ֝מִפָּנַ֗י כִּסָּה־אֹֽפֶל
and,by,face,my covers thick_darkness
In this instance, the phrase from my face means “in front of.” It could refer either to place or to time. Alternate translation: “and gloom covers everything in front of me” or “and gloom covers everything that will happen to me in the future”
Note 7 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
וּ֝מִפָּנַ֗י כִּסָּה־אֹֽפֶל
and,by,face,my covers thick_darkness
Job is speaking as if gloom were literally covering everything in front of him or everything that would happen to him in the future. He is using gloom, like darkness earlier in the verse, to represent troubles. If it would be clearer in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “and there is trouble everywhere I look” or “and I can only anticipate further trouble happening to me”
23:15-17 terrified in his presence: See Pss 77:3; 88:16; 119:120.
• Job had complained earlier of being plunged into darkness (Job 19:8); Eliphaz (15:22; 22:1) and Bildad (18:6, 18) ascribed this fate to the wicked.
OET (OET-LV) DOM not I_have_been_silenced from_face/in_front_of darkness and_by_face_my it_covers gloom.
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Greek words that they’re translated from.