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Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion
מִ֤י זֶ֨ה ׀ מַחְשִׁ֖יךְ עֵצָ֥ה בְמִלִּ֗ין בְּֽלִי־דָֽעַת
who? this darkens counsel in/on/at/with,words without knowledge
Yahweh is using the question form for emphasis as he begins his reply to Job. If you would not use the question form for that purpose in your language, you could translate this as a statement or as an exclamation. Alternate translation: “You have been darkening counsel by words without knowledge!”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
מַחְשִׁ֖יךְ עֵצָ֥ה
darkens counsel
Yahweh is speaking as if Job had literally been making counsel (that is, proper understanding) darker. He means that Job has been making the truth harder to understand. If it would be clearer in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “obscuring proper understanding”
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy
בְמִלִּ֗ין
in/on/at/with,words
Yahweh is using the term words to mean what Job has been saying by using words. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “by speaking”
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns
בְּֽלִי־דָֽעַת
without knowledge
If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of knowledge, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: “without knowing what he is talking about”
38:2 questions my wisdom: God’s accusation sounds like a charge made by Eliphaz (15:2) and Elihu (34:35; 35:16) to which Job eventually admitted guilt (42:3).
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.