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OET (OET-LV) If_ventures a_word with_you will_you_be_impatient and_keep in/on/at/with_speaking who is_he_able.
OET (OET-RV) If someone tries to talk with you, will it wear you out?
⇔ But who can resist answering?
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion
הֲנִסָּ֬ה דָבָ֣ר אֵלֶ֣יךָ תִּלְאֶ֑ה וַעְצֹ֥ר בְּ֝מִלִּ֗ין מִ֣י יוּכָֽל
if,ventures word with,you offended and,keep in/on/at/with,speaking who? can
In both of these sentences, Eliphaz is using the question form for emphasis. If you would not use the question form for this purpose in your language, you could translate these questions as statements or exclamations. Alternate translation: “I am concerned that you will tire if a word is tried with you. But no one is able to refrain from a word.”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive
הֲנִסָּ֬ה דָבָ֣ר אֵלֶ֣יךָ
if,ventures word with,you
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: “If I try a word with you”
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy
הֲנִסָּ֬ה דָבָ֣ר אֵלֶ֣יךָ
if,ventures word with,you
Eliphaz is using the term word to mean what he would like to say to Job by using words. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “If I try to speak with you”
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy
תִּלְאֶ֑ה
offended
Eliphaz is referring to Job interrupting him and stopping him by association with the way he would do that if he were to tire of what Eliphaz had to say. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent expression or express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “will you interrupt me and stop me before I have finished what I have to say”
Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
וַעְצֹ֥ר בְּ֝מִלִּ֗ין מִ֣י יוּכָֽל
and,keep in/on/at/with,speaking who? can
Eliphaz is likely implying that no one who saw Job suffering so badly could refrain from speaking to him out of compassion. You can indicate this in your translation if that would be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation: “But no one who saw you suffering so badly could refrain from speaking to you to try to encourage you”
Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy
בְּ֝מִלִּ֗ין
in/on/at/with,speaking
Eliphaz is using the term translated word, in this case meaning a single spoken word, to mean by association all of what he would like to say to Job by using words. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “from speaking”
4:1-2 Eliphaz the Temanite (see study note on 2:11) was the most prominent and probably the oldest of Job’s friends; his speeches are longer and more ornate than the others.
• who could keep from speaking out? Eliphaz mimicked the urgency of a prophetic revelation (4:12-16; see Jer 20:9; Amos 3:8).
OET (OET-LV) If_ventures a_word with_you will_you_be_impatient and_keep in/on/at/with_speaking who is_he_able.
OET (OET-RV) If someone tries to talk with you, will it wear you out?
⇔ But who can resist answering?
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.