InterlinearVerse GEN EXO LEV NUM DEUT JOB YEHO (JOS) HERO (JDG) RUTH 1 SAM 2 SAM PSA AMOS HOS 1 KI 2 KI 1 CHR 2 CHR PROV ECC SNG YOEL (JOEL) MIC ISA ZEP HAB YIR (JER) LAM YNA (JNA) NAH OBAD DAN EZEK EZRA EST NEH HAG ZEC MAL 2 PS WIS TOB MAN BAR G DAN G ESD L ESD ESG JDT 3 MAC SIR 1 MAC 2 MAC 4 MAC YHN (JHN) MARK MAT LUKE ACTs YAC (JAM) GAL 1 TH 2 TH 1 COR 2 COR ROM COL LAOD PHM EPH PHP 1 TIM TIT 1 PET 2 PET 2 TIM HEB YUD (JUD) 1 YHN (1 JHN) 2 YHN (2 JHN) 3 YHN (3 JHN) REV
InterlinearVerse Job C1 C2 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 C9 C10 C11 C12 C13 C14 C15 C16 C17 C18 C19 C20 C21 C22 C23 C24 C25 C26 C27 C28 C29 C30 C31 C32 C33 C34 C35 C36 C37 C38 C39 C40 C41 C42
Job 3 V1 V2 V3 V5 V6 V7 V8 V9 V10 V11 V12 V13 V14 V15 V16 V17 V18 V19 V20 V21 V22 V23 V24 V25 V26
People tagged in the matching LV passage: God
OET-LV The_day (the)_that let_it_be darkness not let_him_care_for_it god (from)_above and_not let_it_shine_forth on/upon/above_him/it daylight.
OET (OET-RV) May that day be dark.
⇔ May God not search for it from above
⇔ ≈ and may no light shine on it.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
אַֽל־יִדְרְשֵׁ֣הוּ אֱל֣וֹהַּ מִמָּ֑עַל וְאַל־תּוֹפַ֖ע עָלָ֣יו נְהָרָֽה
not (Some words not found in UHB: the=day (the)=that let_it_be darkness not let,him_care_for_it god (from),above and,not shine on/upon/above=him/it light )
Job is speaking as if God would literally seek the day of his birth after it became dark. In this context, the word seek could mean: (1) to show concern. Alternate translation: [May God not show concern from above for that day by restoring its light]; (2) to look for. Alternate translation: [May God not search for that day from above when he discovers that it is missing and bring it back among the other days by restoring its light]
Note 2 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result
אַֽל־יִדְרְשֵׁ֣הוּ אֱל֣וֹהַּ מִמָּ֑עַל וְאַל־תּוֹפַ֖ע עָלָ֣יו נְהָרָֽה
not (Some words not found in UHB: the=day (the)=that let_it_be darkness not let,him_care_for_it god (from),above and,not shine on/upon/above=him/it light )
Since it was God who created day by making light (Genesis 1:3), Job seems to be wishing that his birthday would be dark because God would not provide any light for it. Alternate translation: [May God not care for it from above, and as a result, may light not shine upon it] or [May no light shine upon it, because God is not caring for it from above]
OET-LV The_day (the)_that let_it_be darkness not let_him_care_for_it god (from)_above and_not let_it_shine_forth on/upon/above_him/it daylight.
OET (OET-RV) May that day be dark.
⇔ May God not search for it from above
⇔ ≈ and may no light shine on it.
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.
Acknowledgements: The Hebrew text, lemmas, and morphology are all thanks to the OSHB and some of the glosses are from Macula Hebrew.