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OET (OET-RV) You ask, ‘What does it benefit you?
⇔ How am I better off than I would be if I had sinned?’
Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-words-phrases
כִּֽי
that/for/because/then/when
Elihu is using the word For to introduce the reason why he said in the previous verse that Job claimed to be more righteous than God. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could indicate this in your translation. Alternate translation: “I say that because”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis
תֹ֭אמַר מַה־יִּסְכָּן־לָ֑ךְ מָֽה־אֹ֝עִ֗יל מֵֽחַטָּאתִֽי
ask what? advantage to/for=you(fs) what benefit than,sinned,I
Elihu is leaving out some of the words that in many languages a sentence would need in order to be complete. You can supply these words from the context if that would be clearer in your language. Alternate translation: “you have said to God, ‘What does it benefit you if I am righteous? What more do I gain by not sinning than if I do sin?’”
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / quotesinquotes
תֹ֭אמַר מַה־יִּסְכָּן־לָ֑ךְ מָֽה־אֹ֝עִ֗יל מֵֽחַטָּאתִֽי
ask what? advantage to/for=you(fs) what benefit than,sinned,I
If it would be clearer in your language, you could translate this so that there is not a quotation within a quotation. Alternate translation: “you have asked God what it benefits him if you do not sin and what more you gain by not sinning than if you do sin”
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion
מַה־יִּסְכָּן־לָ֑ךְ מָֽה־אֹ֝עִ֗יל מֵֽחַטָּאתִֽי
what? advantage to/for=you(fs) what benefit than,sinned,I
In this quotation by Elihu, 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: “It does not benefit you if I do not sin! I do not gain more by not sinning than if I do sin!”
Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / yousingular
מַה־יִּסְכָּן־לָ֑ךְ
what? advantage to/for=you(fs)
The word you is singular here because in this quotation by Elihu, Job is addressing God directly. So use the singular form in your translation if your language marks that distinction.
Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy
מֵֽחַטָּאתִֽי
than,sinned,I
In this quotation by Elihu, Job is using the term sin by association to mean the act of sinning. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “more than if I had sinned”
OET (OET-RV) You ask, ‘What does it benefit you?
⇔ How am I better off than I would be if I had sinned?’
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Greek words that they’re translated from.