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OET (OET-RV) ⇔ Can papyrus grow tall where there’s no swamp?
⇔ Can reeds grow where there’s no water?
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / quotemarks
הֲיִֽגְאֶה־גֹּ֭מֶא בְּלֹ֣א בִצָּ֑ה יִשְׂגֶּה־אָ֥חוּ בְלִי־מָֽיִם
?,grow papyrus in/on/at/with,no marsh flourish reeds without water
From here to the end of the chapter, Bildad may be quoting the teaching of the ancestors. This would be a second-level quotation, since the book is already quoting Bildad’s speech. If you think it would be helpful to your readers, you could indicate the start of this possible quotation from tradition with an opening second-level quotation mark or with some other punctuation or convention that your language uses to indicate the start of a second-level quotation.
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion
הֲיִֽגְאֶה־גֹּ֭מֶא בְּלֹ֣א בִצָּ֑ה יִשְׂגֶּה־אָ֥חוּ בְלִי־מָֽיִם
?,grow papyrus in/on/at/with,no marsh flourish reeds without water
Bildad is using the question form for emphasis. If you would not use the question form for that purpose in your language, you could translate these questions as statements or as exclamations. Alternate translation: “Papyrus does not grow without a marsh. A reed does not grow without waters.”
Note 3 topic: translate-unknown
גֹּ֭מֶא
papyrus
The word papyrus describes a tall, reed-like plant that grows in shallow water. If your readers would not be familiar with what papyrus is, in your translation you could use the name of a comparable plant in your area, or you could use a general expression. Alternate translation: “a bulrush” or “a cattail”
8:11 Papyrus reeds grow as high as ten to fifteen feet.
OET (OET-RV) ⇔ Can papyrus grow tall where there’s no swamp?
⇔ Can reeds grow where there’s no water?
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.