InterlinearVerse GEN EXO LEV NUM DEUT JOB YEHO (JOS) HERO (JDG) RUTH 1 SAM 2 SAM PSA AMOS HOS 1 KI 2 KI 1 CHR 2 CHR PROV ECC SNG YOEL (JOEL) MIC ISA ZEP HAB YIR (JER) LAM YNA (JNA) NAH OBAD DAN EZEK EZRA EST NEH HAG ZEC MAL 2 PS WIS TOB MAN BAR G DAN G ESD L ESD ESG JDT 3 MAC SIR 1 MAC 2 MAC 4 MAC YHN (JHN) MARK MAT LUKE ACTs YAC (JAM) GAL 1 TH 2 TH 1 COR 2 COR ROM COL LAOD PHM EPH PHP 1 TIM TIT 1 PET 2 PET 2 TIM HEB YUD (JUD) 1 YHN (1 JHN) 2 YHN (2 JHN) 3 YHN (3 JHN) REV
InterlinearVerse Job C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 C9 C10 C11 C12 C13 C14 C15 C16 C17 C18 C19 C20 C21 C22 C23 C24 C25 C26 C27 C28 C29 C30 C32 C33 C34 C35 C36 C37 C38 C39 C40 C41 C42
Job 31 V1 V2 V3 V5 V6 V7 V8 V9 V10 V11 V12 V13 V14 V15 V16 V17 V18 V19 V20 V21 V22 V23 V24 V25 V26 V27 V28 V29 V30 V31 V32 V33 V34 V35 V36 V37 V38 V39 V40
OET-LV Not he[fn] does_he_see ways_of_my and_all steps_of_my does_he_count.
31:4 OSHB note: We read one or more accents in L differently than BHS. Often this notation indicates a typographical error in BHS.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion
הֲלֹא־ה֭וּא יִרְאֶ֣ה דְרָכָ֑י וְֽכָל־צְעָדַ֥י יִסְפּֽוֹר
?,not he/it he/it_will_see ways_of,my and=all steps_of,my number
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: [Certainly God sees my ways and counts all my steps!]
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
דְרָכָ֑י
ways_of,my
Job is speaking of how he has been living as if that were a series of ways or paths that he has been walking along. If it would be clearer in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [how I have been living]
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
וְֽכָל־צְעָדַ֥י יִסְפּֽוֹר
and=all steps_of,my number
Within the image of life as a series of paths, Job is speaking as if God would literally count each of the steps he was taking. By steps, he probably means individual actions, and by count, he probably means that God notices each one specifically. If it would be clearer in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [and take note of each of my actions]
OET-LV Not he[fn] does_he_see ways_of_my and_all steps_of_my does_he_count.
31:4 OSHB note: We read one or more accents in L differently than BHS. Often this notation indicates a typographical error in BHS.
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.
Acknowledgements: The Hebrew text, lemmas, and morphology are all thanks to the OSHB and some of the glosses are from Macula Hebrew.