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OET (OET-LV) With_rains of_[the]_mountains they_are_wet and_for_lack_of shelter they_embrace [the]_rock.
OET (OET-RV) They get soaked by the showers in the hills,
⇔ ≈and huddle against the rocky ledge for shelter.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
וּֽמִבְּלִ֥י מַ֝חְסֶ֗ה
and,for,lack_of shelter
In this instance, the word without means “without any other.” You could indicate that in your translation if it would be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation: “and because they have no other shelter,”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / genericnoun
חִבְּקוּ־צֽוּר
cling rock
Job is not referring to a specific rock. He means rocks in general. It may be more natural in your language to express this meaning by using a plural form. Alternate translation: “they hug the rocks”
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom
חִבְּקוּ־צֽוּר
cling rock
Job is using this expression to mean that poor people huddle up close to rocks in order to seek shelter from the rain. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “they huddle up close to rocks”
24:2-17 This inventory of criminal behaviors focuses first on crimes against the weak (24:2-12) and then on the criminals themselves (24:13-17).
OET (OET-LV) With_rains of_[the]_mountains they_are_wet and_for_lack_of shelter they_embrace [the]_rock.
OET (OET-RV) They get soaked by the showers in the hills,
⇔ ≈and huddle against the rocky ledge for shelter.
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.