OET interlinear JOB 36:8

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / parallelism

וְ⁠אִם־אֲסוּרִ֥ים בַּ⁠זִּקִּ֑ים יִ֝לָּכְד֗וּ⁠ן בְּ⁠חַבְלֵי־עֹֽנִי

and=if bound in/on/at/with,fetters caught, in/on/at/with,cords affliction

The phrase bound in chains could mean: (1) the same thing as caught in cords of affliction. Elihu may be using repetition to emphasize the idea that these phrases express. In that case, he would be speaking in both phrases as if righteous people were literally bound or caught by affliction in order to say that they were suffering from affliction. Alternate translation: “If they are bound in chains of affliction; yes, if they are caught in cords of affliction” (2) being bound in actual chains. This would mean that people who had previously been righteous had unfortunately committed some crime and had been punished with imprisonment. In that case Elihu would be using chains in the first part of the verse to mean actual physical restraint and cords in the second part of the verse to represent sufferings. Alternate translation: “But if they are put in prison for some crime or if they are suffering from affliction”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

אֲסוּרִ֥ים בַּ⁠זִּקִּ֑ים יִ֝לָּכְד֗וּ⁠ן בְּ⁠חַבְלֵי־עֹֽנִי

bound in/on/at/with,fetters caught, in/on/at/with,cords affliction

If your language does not use these passive forms, you could express the ideas in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: “chains are binding them and cords of affliction have caught them”