OET interlinear JOB 38:19

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

אֵי־זֶ֣ה הַ֭⁠דֶּרֶךְ יִשְׁכָּן־א֑וֹר

where? this where? (Some words not found in UHB: where? this [is]_the,way dwelling light and=darkness where? this place_of,[is]_its )

As a note to [9:9](../09/09.md) explains, people in this culture believed that natural forces were kept in chambers or storerooms. Elihu said in [37:9](../37/09.md) that the storm was coming from its “chamber.” Yahweh asks Job in [verse 22](../38/22.md) of this chapter whether he has seen the “storehouses” of the snow and hail. Here Yahweh is asking similarly whether Job knows how to get to the place where light dwells, that is, the place where he keeps light in order to have it available for use within creation. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could translate this with an equivalent expression that uses terms that reflect your own culture’s understanding of creation. Alternate translation: [Do you know where the light of day goes when it is night]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / parallelism

וְ֝⁠חֹ֗שֶׁךְ אֵי־זֶ֥ה מְקֹמֽ⁠וֹ

(Some words not found in UHB: where? this [is]_the,way dwelling light and=darkness where? this place_of,[is]_its )

This question means something similar to the question in the first part of the verse. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could translate it similarly. Alternate translation: [and do you know where the darkness of night goes during the day]