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OET (OET-RV) Didn’t the one who made me in the uterus, also make the servants?
⇔ ≈Didn’t the same one form us in the womb?
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion
הֲֽ֝לֹא־בַ֭בֶּטֶן עֹשֵׂ֣נִי עָשָׂ֑הוּ וַ֝יְכֻנֶ֗נּוּ בָּרֶ֥חֶם אֶחָֽד
?,not in/on/at/with,womb made,me make,them and,fashion,us in/on/at/with,womb one(ms)
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 these questions as statements or as exclamations. Alternate translation: “After all, the one who made me in the belly also made him. Indeed, the same person fashioned us both in the womb.”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / gendernotations
עָשָׂ֑הוּ
make,them
Although the pronoun him is masculine, Job is using the word in a generic sense that refers both to the “male servant” and “female servant” whom he describes in verse 13. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could use an expression in your language that would indicate this. Alternate translation: “Did … make my male servant and my female servant” or “Did … make them”
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / exclusive
וַ֝יְכֻנֶ֗נּוּ & אֶחָֽד
and,fashion,us & one(ms)
By us, Job means himself and his servants but not the friends to whom he is speaking, so use the exclusive form of that word in your translation if your language marks that distinction.
31:1-40 Job called down curses on himself if he were guilty of the accusations made against him. Except for his mention of idolatry (31:26-27), Job addressed his fidelity to God in terms of the second half of the Ten Commandments, summarized by the command to “love your neighbor as yourself” (Lev 19:18; Rom 13:9).
OET (OET-RV) Didn’t the one who made me in the uterus, also make the servants?
⇔ ≈Didn’t the same one form us in the womb?
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.