OET interlinear JOB 30:25

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

אִם־לֹ֣א בָ֭כִיתִי לִ⁠קְשֵׁה־י֑וֹם

if not wept for,hard day

Job is using the word If to introduce a question that anticipates a contrary answer. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could indicate this in your translation. Alternate translation: “I wept for the difficult of day, did I not?”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion

אִם־לֹ֣א בָ֭כִיתִי לִ⁠קְשֵׁה־י֑וֹם

if not wept for,hard day

Job is using the question form for emphasis. If you would not use the question form for that purpose in your language, you could translate this as a statement or as an exclamation. Alternate translation: “I certainly wept for the difficult of day!”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / nominaladj

לִ⁠קְשֵׁה־י֑וֹם

for,hard day

Job is using the adjective phrase difficult of day as a noun to mean a certain kind of person. (In this phrase, the word day indicates a time, and the possessive form indicates that this time was characterized by difficulty.) Your language may use adjectives in the same way. If not, you can translate this word with an equivalent phrase. Alternate translation: “for people who were going through difficult times”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

עָֽגְמָ֥ה נַ֝פְשִׁ֗⁠י לָ⁠אֶבְיֽוֹן

grieved soul,my for_the,poor

Job is suggesting implicitly that since he helped others who were in trouble, it is only fair for him to ask God for help now that he is in trouble himself. You could indicate that in your translation if it would be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation: “My soul grieved for the needy, so it is only fair for me to ask you for help now”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / synecdoche

עָֽגְמָ֥ה נַ֝פְשִׁ֗⁠י

grieved soul,my

Job is using one part of himself, his soul, to mean all of him in the act of grieving sympathetically. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “I grieved sympathetically”