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OET (OET-LV) And_she/it_said to_him/it his/its_wife/woman still_you keeping_hold in/on/at/with_integrity_your bless god and_die.
OET (OET-RV) “Are you still holding tightly onto your integrity?” his wife asked him. “Just curse God and die.”
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion
עֹדְךָ֖ מַחֲזִ֣יק בְּתֻמָּתֶ֑ךָ
still,you holding_on in/on/at/with,integrity,your
Job’s wife is using the question form for emphasis. If you would not use the question form for this purpose in your language, you could translate this as a statement or as an exclamation. Alternate translation: “You should not still be holding firmly to your integrity!”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / exclamations
בָּרֵ֥ךְ אֱלֹהִ֖ים וָמֻֽת
curse ʼₑlhīmv and,die
You may find it more appropriate to represent this in your translation as an exclamation rather than as a statement. Alternate translation: “Bless God and die!”
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / euphemism
בָּרֵ֥ךְ
curse
See how you translated the word “bless” in 1:11 and 2:5. Scribes may also have made a change here from “Curse” to Bless. If a translation of the Bible exists in your region, you may wish to use the reading that it uses. If a translation of the Bible does not exist in your region, you may wish to use the reading of the ULT. Alternate translation: “Curse”
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
בָּרֵ֥ךְ אֱלֹהִ֖ים וָמֻֽת
curse ʼₑlhīmv and,die
Job’s wife seems to be saying implicitly that Job no longer has any reason either to trust God or to live, and that if he curses God, God will kill him too and put him out of his misery. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could say that explicitly. Alternate translation: “Curse God so that he will kill you too and put you out of your misery”
2:9 Job’s wife first summarized the essence of Job’s temptation by echoing God’s words (2:3); Job was trying to maintain his integrity. In her frustration and anguish, however, she then counseled Job to curse God and thus unknowingly fulfill Satan’s prediction (1:11; 2:5).
OET (OET-LV) And_she/it_said to_him/it his/its_wife/woman still_you keeping_hold in/on/at/with_integrity_your bless god and_die.
OET (OET-RV) “Are you still holding tightly onto your integrity?” his wife asked him. “Just curse God and die.”
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.