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OET (OET-LV) In/on/at/with_six troubles deliver_you and_in/on/at/with_seven not it_will_touch in/on/at/with_you harm.
OET (OET-RV) If you get in trouble six times, he’ll rescue you.
⇔ Even seven times, he’ll prevent you from being harmed.
Note 1 topic: writing-poetry
בְּשֵׁ֣שׁ צָ֭רוֹת יַצִּילֶ֑ךָּ וּבְשֶׁ֓בַע ׀ לֹא־יִגַּ֖ע בְּךָ֣ רָֽע
in/on/at/with,six troubles deliver,you and,in/on/at/with,seven not touch in/on/at/with,you harm
In order to make a comprehensive statement, Eliphaz is naming a number that should be sufficient to illustrate his point and then increasing that number by one for emphasis. This was a common device in Hebrew poetry. If a speaker of your language would not do this, in your translation you could express the emphasis in another way. Alternate translation: “God will rescue you from every trouble and not allow you to be harmed”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis
וּבְשֶׁ֓בַע & רָֽע
and,in/on/at/with,seven & harm
Eliphaz is leaving out a word that in many languages this sentence would need in order to be complete. You can supply the word from the context if that would be clearer in your language. Alternate translation: “and in seven troubles harm”
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / personification
לֹא־יִגַּ֖ע בְּךָ֣ רָֽע
not touch in/on/at/with,you harm
Eliphaz is speaking of harm as if it were a living thing that could touch Job. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “you will not be harmed”
5:19-26 six disasters . . . even in the seventh: This wisdom formula reflects a sense of completeness (cp. Prov 30:15-31).
• This list reflects Mosaic covenant blessings and curses (Lev 26; Deut 28). Eliphaz thought that people in right relationship with God would be free from famine (Job 5:20, 22; see Lev 26:4-5, 10; Deut 28:4-6, 8, 11-12), war (i.e., death, Job 5:20) and the destruction it causes (5:21, 22; see Lev 26:6-8; Deut 28:7, 48), and slander. They will even be at peace with wild animals (Job 5:23; see Lev 26:6) and the stones of the field. This peace might indicate fertile rather than stony fields (2 Kgs 3:19, 25; Matt 13:5), or it might symbolize wider harmony with the natural world (see Ps 91:11-12).
OET (OET-LV) In/on/at/with_six troubles deliver_you and_in/on/at/with_seven not it_will_touch in/on/at/with_you harm.
OET (OET-RV) If you get in trouble six times, he’ll rescue you.
⇔ Even seven times, he’ll prevent you from being harmed.
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.