JOB 5:8 Interlinear View

1. Hebrew word
2. Hebrew lemma
3. OET-LV words
4. OET-RV words
5. Strongs
6. Role/Morphology
7. Gloss
8. CAPS codes
9. OET tags
10. OET word #
1. אוּלָ֗ם
2. 337176
3. But
4. -
5. 806
6. -199
7. but
8. but
9. -
10. 233441
1. אֲ֭נִי
2. 337177
3. I
4. -
5. 188
6. -589
7. I
8. I
9. S-V-PP
10. 233442
1. אֶדְרֹ֣שׁ
2. 337178
3. I will seek
4. -
5. 1618
6. -1875
7. seek
8. I_will_seek
9. S-V-PP
10. 233443
1. אֶל
2. 337179
3. (to)
4. -
5. 371
6. -413
7. to/towards
8. (to)
9. S-V-PP/pp=PrepNp
10. 233444
1. ־
2. 337180
3. -
4. -
6. -
8. -
9. -
10. 233445
1. אֵ֑ל
2. 337181
3. god
4. God
5. 330
6. -410
7. god
8. God
9. S-V-PP/pp=PrepNp
10. 233446
1. וְ,אֶל
2. 337182,337183
3. and near/to
4. and
5. 1814,371
6. -c,413
7. and=near/to
8. -
9. -
10. 233447
1. ־
2. 337184
3. -
4. -
6. -
8. -
9. -
10. 233448
1. אֱ֝לֹהִ֗ים
2. 337185
3. god
4. -
5. 62
6. -430
7. ʼₑlhīmv
8. God
9. Person=P-V-O/pp=PrepNp
10. 233449
1. אָשִׂ֥ים
2. 337186
3. I will set
4. -
5. 7611
6. -7760 a
7. commit
8. I_will_set
9. Person=P-V-O
10. 233450
1. דִּבְרָתִֽ,י
2. 337187,337188
3. cause my
4. -
5. 1500,<<>>
6. -1700,
7. cause,my
8. -
9. Person=P-V-O/o=NPofNP
10. 233451
1. ׃
2. 337189
3. -
4. -
6. -
8. -
9. -
10. 233452

uW Translation Notes:

אֲ֭נִי אֶדְרֹ֣שׁ אֶל־אֵ֑ל

I seek to/towards god

For emphasis, Eliphaz is stating the pronoun I, whose meaning is already present in the word translated seek. If your language can state implied pronouns explicitly for emphasis, you may want to use that construction here in your translation. Other languages may have other ways of bringing out this emphasis. The ULT does so by using the intensive pronoun myself. Alternate translation: “I would certainly seek for God”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

אֲ֭נִי אֶדְרֹ֣שׁ אֶל־אֵ֑ל

I seek to/towards god

Eliphaz is speaking as if God were literally a lost object that Job should seek and try to find. He means that Job should pray to God and ask God to show him how he has offended God and deserved punishment. If it would be clearer in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “I myself would pray to God and ask him to show me why he was punishing me”

TSN Tyndale Study Notes:

5:8 To go to God meant lodging a formal appeal with God for assistance, counsel, or vindication, sometimes by way of repentance (Amos 5:4, 6) and possibly through a prophetic oracle (Gen 25:22; 1 Sam 9:9; 1 Kgs 22:8).
• Job wanted to present his case to God (Job 13:3, 15, 18; 23:3-8), and later he attempted to do so (29:1–31:40).

OET-LV English word order (‘Reverse’ interlinear)

1. OET-LV words
2. OET-RV words
3. Strongs
4. Hebrew word
5. Hebrew lemma
6. Role/Morphology
7. Gloss
8. CAPS codes
9. OET tags
10. OET word #
1. But
2. -
3. 806
5. 337176
6. -199
8. but
9. -
10. 233441
1. I
2. -
3. 188
5. 337177
6. -589
8. I
9. -
10. 233442
1. I will seek
2. -
3. 1618
5. 337178
6. -1875
8. I_will_seek
9. -
10. 233443
1. (to)
2. -
3. 371
5. 337179
6. -413
8. (to)
9. -
10. 233444
1. god
2. God
3. 330
5. 337181
6. -410
8. God
9. -
10. 233446
1. and near/to
2. and
3. 1814,371
5. 337182,337183
6. -c,413
8. -
9. -
10. 233447
1. god
2. -
3. 62
5. 337185
6. -430
8. God
9. -
10. 233449
1. I will set
2. -
3. 7611
5. 337186
6. -7760 a
8. I_will_set
9. -
10. 233450
1. cause my
2. -
3. 1500,<<>>
5. 337187,337188
6. -1700,
8. -
9. -
10. 233451

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.

OET interlinear JOB 5:8

Hebrew word order

OET-LV English word order (‘Reverse’ interlinear)