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OET (OET-LV) In/on/at/with_scourge of_[the]_tongue you_will_be_hidden and_not you_will_be_afraid of_destruction if/because it_will_come.
OET (OET-RV) He’ll hide you away from hurting words,
⇔ ≈and when destruction comes, you won’t be afraid.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / possession
בְּשׁ֣וֹט לָ֭שׁוֹן
in/on/at/with,scourge tongue
Eliphaz is using this possessive form to speak of the tongue as something that people would use like a whip. He is not speaking of a whip that the tongue would use. Alternate translation: “If anyone uses his tongue like a whip,”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
בְּשׁ֣וֹט לָ֭שׁוֹן
in/on/at/with,scourge tongue
Eliphaz is speaking as if the tongue were literally a whip that someone might use to harm Job. He means that they would say things that they intend to hurt him. If it would be clearer in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “From destructive speech”
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive
תֵּחָבֵ֑א
hidden
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. If you need to say who does the action, the context suggests that it is God. Alternate translation: “God will hide you”
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
תֵּחָבֵ֑א
hidden
Eliphaz is speaking as if God would actually hide Job from things that people say in order to hurt him. He means that God will protect Job when people say these things. If it would be clearer in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “you will be protected” or “God will protect you”
Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / personification
מִ֝שֹּׁ֗ד כִּ֣י יָבֽוֹא
of,destruction that/for/because/then/when comes
Eliphaz is speaking of destruction as if it were a living thing that comes to people. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “things that happen that could destroy you”
Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns
מִ֝שֹּׁ֗ד כִּ֣י יָבֽוֹא
of,destruction that/for/because/then/when comes
If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of destruction, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: “things that happen that could destroy you”
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_scourge of_[the]_tongue you_will_be_hidden and_not you_will_be_afraid of_destruction if/because it_will_come.
OET (OET-RV) He’ll hide you away from hurting words,
⇔ ≈and when destruction comes, you won’t be afraid.
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.