OET interlinear JOB 30:28

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

קֹדֵ֣ר הִ֭לַּכְתִּי בְּ⁠לֹ֣א חַמָּ֑ה

blackened (Some words not found in UHB: blackened go_about with,not sun stand_up in,assembly cry_for_help )

Job means that his skin disease, not the sun, has darkened his skin, as he says explicitly in [verse 30](../30/30.md). The implication is that this darkened skin makes him appear as if he is a manual laborer who works out in the sun. [Song of Songs 1:6](../../sng/01/06.md) suggests that in this culture, a person in that situation would be less respected than someone who could employ others to do outdoor work and so did not have sun-darkened skin. You could indicate this in your translation if it would be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation: [My disease-darkened skin makes me appear to be a manual laborer]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

קַ֖מְתִּי בַ⁠קָּהָ֣ל אֲשַׁוֵּֽעַ

(Some words not found in UHB: blackened go_about with,not sun stand_up in,assembly cry_for_help )

Job may be implicitly indicating a further loss of dignity here. He has had to appeal for help in a public place where people gather. You could indicate that in your translation if it would be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation: [I have had to humiliate myself by appealing for help in public]