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OET (OET-LV) Where were_you in/on/at/with_laid_the_foundation_I [the]_earth tell if you_know understanding.
OET (OET-RV) ⇔ Where were you when I laid the world’s foundations?
⇔ Do tell me, if you understand that.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion
אֵיפֹ֣ה הָ֭יִיתָ בְּיָסְדִי־אָ֑רֶץ
where were in/on/at/with,laid_the_foundation,I earth
As the General Notes to this chapter discuss, this could mean: (1) that Yahweh wants Job to try to answer this question and the questions in the rest of the chapter so that Job will have to admit that he does not know the answers. Alternate translation: “You were not there when I founded the earth, were you?” (2) that Yahweh is using the question form for emphasis. 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 were not there when I founded the earth!”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
בְּיָסְדִי־אָ֑רֶץ
in/on/at/with,laid_the_foundation,I earth
Yahweh is speaking as if the earth were literally a building and he had founded it, that is, laid a foundation for it (made a solid base on which to build it). Since this is poetry, you may wish to retain the image in your translation, using construction terms from your own culture, even if a speaker of your language would not ordinarily describe the creation of the world in this way. Alternatively, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “when I cleared a space on which to build the earth” or “when I first started to create the earth”
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
הַ֝גֵּ֗ד
tell
Yahweh assumes that Job will understand that by Declare he means that he wants Job to declare how the foundations of the earth were laid. You could indicate that explicitly if that would be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation: “Explain how the foundations of the earth were laid” or “Explain how I first started to create the earth”
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / explicitinfo
אִם־יָדַ֥עְתָּ בִינָֽה
if possess discernment
It might seem that the expression know understanding contains extra information that would be unnatural to express in your language. If so, you can shorten it. Alternate translation: “if you know” or “if you understand”
OET (OET-LV) Where were_you in/on/at/with_laid_the_foundation_I [the]_earth tell if you_know understanding.
OET (OET-RV) ⇔ Where were you when I laid the world’s foundations?
⇔ Do tell me, if you understand that.
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.