OET interlinear JOB 27:19

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

עָשִׁ֣יר יִ֭שְׁכַּב & עֵינָ֖י⁠ו פָּקַ֣ח

(Some words not found in UHB: wealth lies_down and=not do_so eyes_of,his opens and,it_[is],not )

Job is speaking of going to sleep and waking up by association with things that people do when they go to sleep (lie down in bed) and wake up (open their eyes). If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [He goes to sleep rich … he wakes up]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / hyperbole

עָשִׁ֣יר יִ֭שְׁכַּב & עֵינָ֖י⁠ו פָּקַ֣ח

(Some words not found in UHB: wealth lies_down and=not do_so eyes_of,his opens and,it_[is],not )

Job is making an overstatement to emphasize how quickly a wicked person loses his wealth. He is speaking as if that person would go to sleep rich and wake up with nothing, that is, as if he would lose all of his riches in a single night. If it would be clearer in your language, you could express the emphasis in a different way. Alternate translation: [He may be rich … only a short time passes]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis

וְ⁠לֹ֣א יֵאָסֵ֑ף

and=not do_so

Job is leaving out some of the words that in many languages a sentence would need in order to be complete. You can supply these words from the context if that would be clearer in your language. Alternate translation: [but he does not continue to be rich]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

וְ⁠אֵינֶֽ⁠נּוּ

and,it_[is],not

This expression means that the wicked person no longer has any possessions. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [and he discovers that he no longer has any possessions]