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OET (OET-LV) Brothers_my they_have_acted_treacherously like a_wadi like_streambed of_wadis [which]_they_pass_away.
OET (OET-RV) My ‘brothers’ have been as treacherous as a river that dries up in the summer.
⇔ They disappear again like dry river beds.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
אַ֭חַי
brothers,my
Job is using the term brothers figuratively to mean his three friends. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “My friends”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / 123person
אַ֭חַי
brothers,my
Job is speaking about his friends in the third person even though they are present. If it would be more natural in your language, you could translate this in the second person. Alternate translation: “You friends of mine”
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / simile
בָּגְד֣וּ כְמוֹ־נָ֑חַל
treacherous like torrent-bed
The point of this comparison is that just as a seasonal stream would appear to be a good source of water but then fail in the dry season, so Job’s friends seemingly came to offer encouragement, but they have provided none. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make this point explicitly. Alternate translation: “have dealt treacherously by seeming to offer encouragement but then not offering any, like a seasonal stream that seems to offer water but then fails in the dry season”
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom
כַּאֲפִ֖יק נְחָלִ֣ים יַעֲבֹֽרוּ
like,streambed wadis overflow
In this context, the expression pass away means to dry up. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “like a channel of seasonal streams, they dry up” or “like a channel of seasonal streams, you dry up”
Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
כַּאֲפִ֖יק נְחָלִ֣ים יַעֲבֹֽרוּ
like,streambed wadis overflow
Job is speaking as if his friends literally pass away or dry up the way a desert stream does. He means that in the end, they fail to provide the encouragement that they implicitly promised by coming to see him. If it would be clearer in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. It may be helpful to begin a new sentence here. Alternate translation: “They have no help to offer in the end, like a channel for seasonal streams that runs dry” or “You have no help to offer in the end, like a channel for seasonal streams that runs dry”
6:14-27 Job and his friends might have been bound by a covenant of loyalty and faithfulness (Hebrew khesed; see Gen 21:23; Exod 15:13; 1 Chr 16:34) that made them like brothers (Job 6:14-15), protectors (6:21-23), and trusted friends (6:27). If this was the case, Job was accusing his friends of violating their covenant with him.
OET (OET-LV) Brothers_my they_have_acted_treacherously like a_wadi like_streambed of_wadis [which]_they_pass_away.
OET (OET-RV) My ‘brothers’ have been as treacherous as a river that dries up in the summer.
⇔ They disappear again like dry river beds.
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.