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OET (OET-RV) Because it didn’t close the doors of my mother’s womb,
⇔ to hide the sorrow from my eyes.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / possession
לֹ֣א סָ֭גַר דַּלְתֵ֣י בִטְנִ֑י
not he/it_closed doors womb,my
Job is using the possessive form my womb to mean the womb from which he was born, that is, his mother’s womb. He is not saying that he himself had a womb. It may be helpful to clarify this for your readers. Alternate translation: “it did not close the doors of my mother’s womb”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
לֹ֣א סָ֭גַר דַּלְתֵ֣י בִטְנִ֑י
not he/it_closed doors womb,my
Job is speaking as his mother’s womb literally had doors that could have closed to keep him from being born. If it would be clearer in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “it did not keep me from being born”
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / personification
לֹ֣א סָ֭גַר דַּלְתֵ֣י בִטְנִ֑י וַיַּסְתֵּ֥ר
not he/it_closed doors womb,my and,hide
Job is speaking as if the day of his birth were a living thing that could have kept him from being born. If it would be clearer in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “nothing kept me from being born on that day and hid”
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / personification
וַיַּסְתֵּ֥ר עָ֝מָ֗ל מֵעֵינָֽי
and,hide trouble from,eyes,my
Job is also speaking as if the day of his birth were a living thing that could have hidden trouble from his eyes. If it would be clearer in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “and nothing hid trouble from my eyes”
Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy
וַיַּסְתֵּ֥ר עָ֝מָ֗ל מֵעֵינָֽי
and,hide trouble from,eyes,my
Job is referring to his ability to see by association with the eyes by which he sees. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent expression or express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “and hide trouble from my sight” or “and keep me from seeing trouble”
Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom
וַיַּסְתֵּ֥ר עָ֝מָ֗ל מֵעֵינָֽי
and,hide trouble from,eyes,my
In this context, to see trouble means to experience it. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “and keep me from experiencing trouble”
Note 7 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns
וַיַּסְתֵּ֥ר עָ֝מָ֗ל מֵעֵינָֽי
and,hide trouble from,eyes,my
If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of trouble, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: “and keep me from suffering so badly”
3:10 shut my mother’s womb: Closing or opening the womb sometimes refers to conception (Gen 16:2; 20:18; 29:31; 30:22; 1 Sam 1:5-6), but here it refers to birth (see also Job 38:8).
OET (OET-RV) Because it didn’t close the doors of my mother’s womb,
⇔ to hide the sorrow from my eyes.
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.