OET interlinear JOB 31:6

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: translate-versebridge

יִשְׁקְלֵ֥⁠נִי בְ⁠מֹאזְנֵי־צֶ֑דֶק וְ⁠יֵדַ֥ע אֱ֝ל֗וֹהַּ תֻּמָּתִֽ⁠י

(Some words not found in UHB: let,him_weigh_me in,balances_of accurate and,let_him_acknowledge god integrity_of,my )

In this verse, Job interrupts the if-then statement he is making in [verses 5](../31/05.md), 7, and 8. He does that in order to assert that if God judges him fairly, then God will recognize that he does not deserve the punishment he describes in [verse 8](../31/08.md) or any of the other punishments he describes in this chapter. If it would be clearer in your language, you could put this assertion before the if-then statement by creating a verse bridge for [verses 5–6](../31/05.md). It might say something like this: “Now if God would weigh me in balances of righteousness, then he would know my integrity. If I have walked with falsehood or my foot has hurried to deceit”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

יִשְׁקְלֵ֥⁠נִי בְ⁠מֹאזְנֵי־צֶ֑דֶק

(Some words not found in UHB: let,him_weigh_me in,balances_of accurate and,let_him_acknowledge god integrity_of,my )

Job is speaking as if God might literally weigh him in a set of balances. If it would be clearer in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [let him judge me by standards of righteousness]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

יִשְׁקְלֵ֥⁠נִי בְ⁠מֹאזְנֵי־צֶ֑דֶק

(Some words not found in UHB: let,him_weigh_me in,balances_of accurate and,let_him_acknowledge god integrity_of,my )

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of righteousness, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: [let him judge me in a way that is right]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

תֻּמָּתִֽ⁠י

(Some words not found in UHB: let,him_weigh_me in,balances_of accurate and,let_him_acknowledge god integrity_of,my )

See how you translated the term integrity in [2:3](../02/03.md). Alternate translation: [that I live in the right way]