OET interlinear JOB 7:16

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis

מָ֭אַסְתִּי

(Some words not found in UHB: loathe_~_life not to=vanishing_point live let_~_alone from,me that/for/because/then/when Abel days_of,my )

Job is leaving out some of the words that in many languages a sentence would need in order to be complete. You can supply these words from the context if that would be clearer in your language. Alternate translation: [I loathe my life] or [I loathe being alive]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / declarative

לֹא־לְ⁠עֹלָ֣ם אֶֽחְיֶ֑ה

not to=vanishing_point live

Job is using the future tense to describe what he desires. Your language may have its own way of expressing such a meaning. Alternate translation: [I would not live forever] or [I do not want to live forever]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / hyperbole

לֹא־לְ⁠עֹלָ֣ם אֶֽחְיֶ֑ה

not to=vanishing_point live

Job says forever here as a generalization for emphasis. If it would be clearer in your language, you could express the emphasis in a different way. Alternate translation: [I certainly do not want to live for a long time]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

חֲדַ֥ל מִ֝מֶּ֗⁠נִּי

let_~_alone (Some words not found in UHB: loathe_~_life not to=vanishing_point live let_~_alone from,me that/for/because/then/when Abel days_of,my )

Job is using this expression to ask God to Cease from troubling him. Your language may have an expression of its own with the same meaning. Alternate translation: [Leave me alone]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

הֶ֥בֶל

Abel

Job could be using the word translated vapor to mean: (1) that his days are fleeting, since vapor or mist vanishes quickly. Alternate translation: [are fleeting]; (2) that his days are purposeless, since vapor is insubstantial. Alternate translation: [are purposeless]