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OET (OET-LV) [is]_a_fresh_[plant] he[fn] to_(the)_face_of/in_front_of/before [the]_sun and_over garden_his shoots_his[fn] it_goes_out.
8:16 Note: We read one or more accents in L differently than BHS. Often this notation indicates a typographical error in BHS.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
רָטֹ֣ב ה֭וּא לִפְנֵי־שָׁ֑מֶשׁ וְעַ֥ל גַּ֝נָּת֗וֹ יֹֽנַקְתּ֥וֹ תֵצֵֽא
well-watered_plant he/it to=(the)_face_of/in_front_of/before sun and,over garden,his shoots,his spread
Bildad now speaks of a godless person as if he were a plant. In order to depict the temporary prosperity that godless people may enjoy, he describes this plant flourishing. If it would be clearer in your language, you could state the meaning as a comparison. Alternate translation: “A godless person may at first thrive like a plant that is getting plenty of sunlight and whose shoots extend all over the garden in which it is planted”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
לִפְנֵי־שָׁ֑מֶשׁ
to=(the)_face_of/in_front_of/before sun
Here the word to the face of means “in front of” or “in the presence of” something. Bildad means that the plant is lush because it receives plenty of sunlight. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “because it receives plenty of sunlight”
8:16-17 In this parable, a plant with roots that grow down through a pile of stones gains stability by becoming entwined with the rocks.
OET (OET-LV) [is]_a_fresh_[plant] he[fn] to_(the)_face_of/in_front_of/before [the]_sun and_over garden_his shoots_his[fn] it_goes_out.
8:16 Note: We read one or more accents in L differently than BHS. Often this notation indicates a typographical error in BHS.
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.