OET interlinear JOB 39:10

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

הֲֽ⁠תִקְשָׁר־רֵ֭ים בְּ⁠תֶ֣לֶם עֲבֹת֑⁠וֹ

(Some words not found in UHB: will,you_bind? wild_ox in,a_furrow_of rope_of,its if harrow valleys behind,you )

Yahweh is asking implicitly whether Job could use rope to harness a wild ox to a plow that was in a furrow. You could indicate that in your translation if it would be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation: [Can you harness a wild ox to a plow and get it to plow furrows in your field]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

אִם־יְשַׂדֵּ֖ד עֲמָקִ֣ים אַחֲרֶֽי⁠ךָ

if (Some words not found in UHB: will,you_bind? wild_ox in,a_furrow_of rope_of,its if harrow valleys behind,you )

Yahweh is using the word If to introduce a question that anticipates a negative answer. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could indicate this in your translation. Alternate translation: [It would not harrow the valleys after you, would it]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

אִם־יְשַׂדֵּ֖ד עֲמָקִ֣ים אַחֲרֶֽי⁠ךָ

if (Some words not found in UHB: will,you_bind? wild_ox in,a_furrow_of rope_of,its if harrow valleys behind,you )

In this culture, farmers would lead a draft animal from the front as it pulled a harrow behind it. That is why Yahweh says after you. If farmers in your culture who harrow with draft animals instead walk behind the harrow, you could translate this in a way that expressed the general meaning without specifying a particular method of harrowing. Alternate translation: [Could you use it to harrow your fields in the valleys]

Note 4 topic: translate-unknown

יְשַׂדֵּ֖ד עֲמָקִ֣ים

(Some words not found in UHB: will,you_bind? wild_ox in,a_furrow_of rope_of,its if harrow valleys behind,you )

To harrow means to smooth and break up soil once it has been plowed. If your readers would not be familiar with what it means to harrow a field, in your translation you could use a general expression. Alternate translation: [it will pull a light implement to smooth and break up the soil in your fields in the valleys]