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OET (OET-LV) After_it it_roars a_voice he_thunders in/on/at/with_voice majestic_his and_not restrain_it if/because it_is_heard voice_his.
OET (OET-RV) After that, a voice roars out.
⇔ He thunders with his majestic voice,
⇔ and he doesn’t restrain the lightning bolts.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
יִשְׁאַג־ק֗וֹל
roars sound/voice
Elihu is speaking as if thunder were a voice. If it would be clearer in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “Thunder sounds loudly”
Note 2 topic: writing-pronouns
אַחֲרָ֤יו
after,it
The pronoun it refers to a flash of lightning. It may be helpful to clarify this for your readers. Alternate translation: “after there is a flash of lightning”
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
יַ֭רְעֵם בְּק֣וֹל גְּאוֹנ֑וֹ
thunders in/on/at/with,voice majestic,his
Elihu is speaking as if thunder were God speaking. If it would be clearer in your language, you could express this image as a comparison. Alternate translation: “when we hear thunder, it sounds as if God is speaking in his majesty”
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / doublenegatives
וְלֹ֥א יְ֝עַקְּבֵ֗ם
and=not restrain,it
If it would be clearer in your language, you could use a positive expression to translate this double negative that consists of the negative particle not and the negative verb restrain. (The pronoun them refers to bolts of lightning.) Alternate translation: “and he releases the lightning bolts”
Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
כִּֽי־יִשָּׁמַ֥ע קוֹלֽוֹ
that/for/because/then/when heard voice,his
Elihu is once again speaking as if thunder were God speaking. If it would be clearer in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “after thunder is heard”
Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive
כִּֽי־יִשָּׁמַ֥ע קוֹלֽוֹ
that/for/because/then/when heard voice,his
If your language does not use this passive form, you could express the idea in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: “when we hear his voice” or “when we hear thunder”
OET (OET-LV) After_it it_roars a_voice he_thunders in/on/at/with_voice majestic_his and_not restrain_it if/because it_is_heard voice_his.
OET (OET-RV) After that, a voice roars out.
⇔ He thunders with his majestic voice,
⇔ and he doesn’t restrain the lightning bolts.
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.