OET interlinear JOB 30:3

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

הַֽ⁠עֹרְקִ֥ים צִיָּ֑ה

the,gnaw dry_ground

Job is speaking of the dry land by association to mean the roots that grow in the land, as the next verse makes clear. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. It may also be helpful to begin a new sentence here. Alternate translation: “These young men gnaw on the roots that they find in the ground”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

צִיָּ֑ה אֶ֝֗מֶשׁ שׁוֹאָ֥ה וּ⁠מְשֹׁאָֽה

dry_ground night desolate and,desolation

The term yesterday could mean: (1) time gone by. Alternate translation: “the land that has long been dry, a waste and desolation” (2) the darkness of the night that precedes day. Alternate translation: “the dry land in the gloom of waste and desolation”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / hendiadys

שׁוֹאָ֥ה וּ⁠מְשֹׁאָֽה

desolate and,desolation

This phrase expresses a single idea by using two words connected with and. The word desolation tells what kind of waste this is. If it would be more natural in your language, you could express this meaning with an equivalent phrase that does not use “and.” Alternate translation: “in a desolate wasteland”