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OET (OET-LV) Let_it_perish [the]_day[fn] [which]_I_was_born in/on/over_him/it and_the_night [which]_it_said he_has_been_conceived a_man.
3:3 Note: We read one or more accents in L differently than BHS. Often this notation indicates a typographical error in BHS.
OET (OET-RV) May the day on which I was born perish,
⇔ and the night that said, ‘A boy has been conceived.’
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / parallelism
יֹ֣אבַד י֭וֹם אִוָּ֣לֶד בּ֑וֹ וְהַלַּ֥יְלָה אָ֝מַ֗ר הֹ֣רָה גָֽבֶר
perish day born in/on/over=him/it and,the,night he/it_had_said conceived boy
See the discussion of Hebrew poetry in the General Introduction to Job to decide how to approach the translation of this verse and the other verses in the book that consist of a statement and then one or two further statements that advance the meaning of the first one in some way. Alternate translation: “May the day on which I was born perish, yes, may the night perish that said a boy had been conceived” or “May the night I was conceived and the day on which I was born both perish”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / personification
יֹ֣אבַד י֭וֹם אִוָּ֣לֶד בּ֑וֹ
perish day born in/on/over=him/it
Job is speaking of the day on which he was born as if it were a living thing that could perish. It is clear from verse 6 that he means he wishes it would no longer be one of the days of the year. Your language may have an expression of its own that you could use to express this meaning in your translation. Alternate translation: “May the day on which I was born be stricken from the calendar”
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis
וְהַלַּ֥יְלָה
and,the,night
Job is leaving out some of the words that in many languages a sentence would need in order to be complete. You can supply these words from the context if that would be clearer in your language. Alternate translation: “and may the night perish” or “and may the night also be stricken from the calendar”
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / quotesinquotes
אָ֝מַ֗ר הֹ֣רָה גָֽבֶר
he/it_had_said conceived boy
If it would be clearer in your language, you could translate this so that there is not a quotation within a quotation. Alternate translation: “that said that a boy had been conceived”
Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / personification
אָ֝מַ֗ר הֹ֣רָה גָֽבֶר
he/it_had_said conceived boy
Job is speaking of the night of his conception as if it were a living thing that could speak. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “on which I was conceived as a boy”
Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive
הֹ֣רָה גָֽבֶר
conceived boy
If your language does not use this passive form, you could express the idea in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: “A woman has conceived a boy”
3:1-26 Job’s outburst did not mean that his integrity had cracked under the strain (42:7-8; Jas 5:11). Elijah and Jeremiah, both godly men, used the same hyperbolic language (1 Kgs 19:4; Jer 20:14-18).
OET (OET-LV) Let_it_perish [the]_day[fn] [which]_I_was_born in/on/over_him/it and_the_night [which]_it_said he_has_been_conceived a_man.
3:3 Note: We read one or more accents in L differently than BHS. Often this notation indicates a typographical error in BHS.
OET (OET-RV) May the day on which I was born perish,
⇔ and the night that said, ‘A boy has been conceived.’
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.