OET interlinear JOB 6:28

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: translate-symaction

וְ֭⁠עַתָּה הוֹאִ֣ילוּ פְנוּ־בִ֑⁠י וְ⁠עַל־פְּ֝נֵי⁠כֶ֗ם אִם־אֲכַזֵּֽב

(Some words not found in UHB: and=now please look on,me and,on your(pl)=faces if lie )

Job is asking his friends to perform a symbolic action by looking directly at him so that he can look them right in the face himself. Job wants to be able to do this in order to dramatize the sincerity of what he is saying. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could explain the significance of this action. Alternate translation: [But now, be willing, look at me, so that I can look right at you to show that I am speaking the truth]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis

וְ⁠עַל־פְּ֝נֵי⁠כֶ֗ם אִם־אֲכַזֵּֽב

and,on (Some words not found in UHB: and=now please look on,me and,on your(pl)=faces if lie )

This could mean: (1) that Job is leaving out some of the words that in many languages a sentence would need in order to be complete. Specifically, he is speaking the first part of an oath and leaving the second part understood. You can supply these words from the context if that would be clearer in your language. Alternate translation: [and if I would lie to your faces, then may God punish me severely!]; (2) that Job is using the word if to introduce a question that anticipates a contrary answer. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could indicate this in your translation. Alternate translation: [for I would not lie to your faces, would I?]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / synecdoche

וְ⁠עַל־פְּ֝נֵי⁠כֶ֗ם אִם־אֲכַזֵּֽב

and,on (Some words not found in UHB: and=now please look on,me and,on your(pl)=faces if lie )

Job is using one part of his friends, their faces, to mean all of them in the act of looking at him. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [and if I would lie to you while you were looking at me]