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OET (OET-LV) If actually_(weigh) it_will_be_weighed vexation_my and_calamity_my[fn] in/on/at/with_balances people_will_raise together.
6:2 Variant note: ו/הית/י: (x-qere) ’וְ֝/הַוָּתִ֗/י’: lemma_c/1942 n_0.0 morph_HC/Ncfsc/Sp1cs id_18jJf וְ֝/הַוָּתִ֗/י
OET (OET-RV) If only my anguish could be truly weighed,
⇔ and my calamity could be put together with it on the scales.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
ל֗וּ שָׁק֣וֹל יִשָּׁקֵ֣ל כַּעְשִׂ֑י וְ֝הַוָּתִ֗י בְּֽמֹאזְנַ֥יִם יִשְׂאוּ־יָֽחַד
if_only to_be_weighed weighed vexation,my (Some words not found in UHB: if_only to_be_weighed weighed vexation,my and,calamity,my in/on/at/with,balances laid all )
Job is speaking as if his anguish and calamity could literally be weighed. He means that he wishes he could prove that his calamity is so great that it justifies the anguish he is feeling and has been expressing. If it would be clearer in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “I wish I could prove that my calamity warrants the amount of anguish that I am feeling and showing”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive
ל֗וּ שָׁק֣וֹל יִשָּׁקֵ֣ל כַּעְשִׂ֑י וְ֝הַוָּתִ֗י בְּֽמֹאזְנַ֥יִם יִשְׂאוּ־יָֽחַד
if_only to_be_weighed weighed vexation,my (Some words not found in UHB: if_only to_be_weighed weighed vexation,my and,calamity,my in/on/at/with,balances laid all )
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. Alternate translation: “If only someone would weigh my anguish thoroughly and lay my calamity in the balances”
Note 3 topic: translate-unknown
ל֗וּ שָׁק֣וֹל יִשָּׁקֵ֣ל כַּעְשִׂ֑י וְ֝הַוָּתִ֗י בְּֽמֹאזְנַ֥יִם יִשְׂאוּ־יָֽחַד
if_only to_be_weighed weighed vexation,my (Some words not found in UHB: if_only to_be_weighed weighed vexation,my and,calamity,my in/on/at/with,balances laid all )
The word balances describes an instrument for determining the weight of an object or comparing the weight of two objects. It consists of a central post with a crossbar from which two pans are hung. An object may be placed in one pan and known weights placed in the other pan until the crossbar remains level, meaning that both pans contain an equal weight. Or one object may be placed in one pan and a different object in the other pan; the pan that hangs lower contains the heavier object. If your readers would not be familiar with what balances are, in your translation you could use the name of a comparable object in your culture, or you could use a general expression. Alternate translation: “If only someone would weigh both my anguish and my calamity on a scale”
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / reduplication
שָׁק֣וֹל יִשָּׁקֵ֣ל
to_be_weighed weighed
The words were thoroughly weighed translate a repeated verb. Job is repeating the verb “weigh” for emphasis. If your language can repeat words for emphasis, it would be appropriate to use that construction here in your translation.
OET (OET-LV) If actually_(weigh) it_will_be_weighed vexation_my and_calamity_my[fn] in/on/at/with_balances people_will_raise together.
6:2 Variant note: ו/הית/י: (x-qere) ’וְ֝/הַוָּתִ֗/י’: lemma_c/1942 n_0.0 morph_HC/Ncfsc/Sp1cs id_18jJf וְ֝/הַוָּתִ֗/י
OET (OET-RV) If only my anguish could be truly weighed,
⇔ and my calamity could be put together with it on the scales.
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.