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OET (OET-RV) Listen, you’ve instructed many other people.
⇔ And you’ve encouraged those who were weak.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / nominaladj
רַבִּ֑ים
many
Eliphaz is using the adjective many as a noun. Your language may use adjectives in the same way. If not, you can translate this word with an equivalent phrase. Alternate translation: “many people”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / synecdoche
וְיָדַ֖יִם רָפ֣וֹת תְּחַזֵּֽק
and,hands weak strengthened
Eliphaz may be using one part of people, their hands, to mean the people themselves. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “you have strengthened people who were weak” or see next note for another possibility.
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy
וְיָדַ֖יִם רָפ֣וֹת תְּחַזֵּֽק
and,hands weak strengthened
Eliphaz may be referring to fear by association with way the people’s hands become weak when they are afraid. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent expression or express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “you have helped frightened people take courage”
4:3-4 People . . . who were weak were depressed and suffered from low morale (Isa 13:7; 35:3; Ezek 7:17).
OET (OET-RV) Listen, you’ve instructed many other people.
⇔ And you’ve encouraged those who were weak.
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.