OET interlinear JOB 4:4

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

כּ֭וֹשֵׁל יְקִימ֣וּ⁠ן מִלֶּ֑י⁠ךָ

(Some words not found in UHB: stumbling they,raised words_of,your and,knees feeble strengthened )

Eliphaz is using the term words to mean what Job has said to people in the past by using words. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [What you have said has upheld the one stumbling]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

כּ֭וֹשֵׁל יְקִימ֣וּ⁠ן מִלֶּ֑י⁠ךָ

(Some words not found in UHB: stumbling they,raised words_of,your and,knees feeble strengthened )

Eliphaz is speaking as if people who were struggling in life were literally stumbling and as if Job’s words or counsel had literally upheld them or kept them from falling down. He means that Job gave wise advice that encouraged people in their struggles and helped them not to give up. If it would be clearer in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [By your advice, you have encouraged struggling people not to give up]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / genericnoun

כּ֭וֹשֵׁל

(Some words not found in UHB: stumbling they,raised words_of,your and,knees feeble strengthened )

This phrase does not refer to a specific person. It refers to anyone in the situation that it describes. Express this in the way that would be most natural in your language. Alternate translation: [people who were stumbling] or [people who were struggling]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

וּ⁠בִרְכַּ֖יִם כֹּרְע֣וֹת תְּאַמֵּֽץ

(Some words not found in UHB: stumbling they,raised words_of,your and,knees feeble strengthened )

Eliphaz is referring to exhaustion or despondency by association with way the people’s knees may be buckling under those circumstances. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent expression or express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [you have helped exhausted people to persevere] or [you have helped despondent people not to give up]