OET interlinear JOB 3:13

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / hypo

כִּֽי

(Some words not found in UHB: that/for/because/then/when now lying_down and,I_am_at_peace asleep then at_rest to=me )

The word For indicates that the sentence it introduces states what the result would have been if the event Job has been describing had actually taken place, that is, if he had died at birth. Alternate translation: [If that had been the case,]

עַ֭תָּה

(Some words not found in UHB: that/for/because/then/when now lying_down and,I_am_at_peace asleep then at_rest to=me )

Alternate translation: [by now] or [at this time]

Note 2 topic: translate-tense

שָׁכַ֣בְתִּי וְ⁠אֶשְׁק֑וֹט יָ֝שַׁ֗נְתִּי אָ֤ז ׀ יָנ֬וּחַֽ לִֽ⁠י

(Some words not found in UHB: that/for/because/then/when now lying_down and,I_am_at_peace asleep then at_rest to=me )

Job is using the past tense to describe what would have been the case if he had actually never been born. Your language may use the past tense in this same way. If not, you could use the conditional tense here. Alternate translation: [I would have lain down and been reposing, I would have slept and it would have been rest to me]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / euphemism

יָ֝שַׁ֗נְתִּי

(Some words not found in UHB: that/for/because/then/when now lying_down and,I_am_at_peace asleep then at_rest to=me )

Job is using the word slept to mean “died.” This is a mild way of referring to death. Your language may have a similar expression that you could use in your translation. If not, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [I would have passed away] or [I would have died]

יָנ֬וּחַֽ לִֽ⁠י

at_rest to=me

If your language would not use an impersonal construction such as this one, you could express the meaning in another way. Alternate translation: [I would have been at rest] or [I would have been resting]