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interlinearVerse INT GEN EXO LEV NUM DEU JOS JDG RUTH 1SA 2SA 1KI 2KI 1CH 2CH EZRA NEH EST JOB PSA PRO ECC SNG ISA JER LAM EZE DAN HOS JOEL AMOS OBA YNA MIC NAH HAB ZEP HAG ZEC MAL YHN MARK MAT LUKE ACTs ROM 1COR 2COR GAL EPH PHP COL 1TH 2TH 1TIM 2TIM TIT PHM HEB YAC 1PET 2PET 1YHN 2YHN 3YHN YUD REV
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OET (OET-LV) Also I not I_will_restrain mouth_my I_will_speak in/on/at/with_anguish my_breath/wind/spirit I_will_complain in/on/at/with_bitterness soul_my.
OET (OET-RV) ⇔ So I won’t restrain my mouth—
⇔ I’ll speak in the distress of my spirit.
⇔ I will complain with the bitterness of my soul.
Note 1 topic: writing-pronouns
אֲנִי֮ לֹ֤א אֶחֱשָׂ֫ךְ פִּ֥י אֲֽ֭דַבְּרָה
I not restrain mouth,my speak
For emphasis, Job is stating the pronoun I, whose meaning is already present in the word translated restrain. Job is also using an emphatic declarative form when he says I will speak. If your language has similar constructions that it uses for emphasis, you may want to use them here in your translation. Other languages may have other ways of bringing out this emphasis. Alternate translation: “I will certainly not restrain my mouth; I will certainly speak”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy
אֲנִי֮ לֹ֤א אֶחֱשָׂ֫ךְ פִּ֥י
I not restrain mouth,my
Job is using the term mouth to mean by association what he would say with his mouth. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “I will not limit what I have to say” or “I will not refrain from speaking”
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / doublenegatives
אֲנִי֮ לֹ֤א אֶחֱשָׂ֫ךְ פִּ֥י
I not restrain mouth,my
If it would be clearer in your language, you could use a positive expression to translate this double negative that consists of the negative particle not and the negative verb restrain. Alternate translation: “I will speak freely”
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / synecdoche
אֲֽ֭דַבְּרָה בְּצַ֣ר רוּחִ֑י אָ֝שִׂ֗יחָה בְּמַ֣ר נַפְשִֽׁי
speak in/on/at/with,anguish my=breath/wind/spirit complain in/on/at/with,bitterness soul,my
Job is using parts of himself, his spirit and his soul, to mean all of him in the act of speaking and complaining. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “I will speak in my distress; yes, I will complain in my bitterness”
Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns
אֲֽ֭דַבְּרָה בְּצַ֣ר רוּחִ֑י אָ֝שִׂ֗יחָה בְּמַ֣ר נַפְשִֽׁי
speak in/on/at/with,anguish my=breath/wind/spirit complain in/on/at/with,bitterness soul,my
If your language does not use abstract nouns for the ideas of distress and bitterness, you could express the same ideas in other ways. Alternate translation: “I will speak, since I am distressed; yes, I will complain, since I am bitter”
7:11 I cannot keep from speaking: Job echoed Eliphaz’s inability to refrain from words (4:2).
OET (OET-LV) Also I not I_will_restrain mouth_my I_will_speak in/on/at/with_anguish my_breath/wind/spirit I_will_complain in/on/at/with_bitterness soul_my.
OET (OET-RV) ⇔ So I won’t restrain my mouth—
⇔ I’ll speak in the distress of my spirit.
⇔ I will complain with the bitterness of my soul.
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.