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Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / irony
וְהָיָ֣ה רֵאשִׁיתְךָ֣ מִצְעָ֑ר וְ֝אַחֲרִיתְךָ֗ יִשְׂגֶּ֥ה מְאֹֽד
and=it_was beginning,your small and,end,your great very
Since, as 1:3 states, Job was previously the greatest man in a vast area, it is not the case that his beginning, that is, his former condition, was small. Bildad actually means to communicate the opposite of the literal meaning of what he is saying. He means that Job’s former state, great though it was, will seem small by comparison with the much greater prosperity that Job will experience in the future if he seeks God diligently. Alternate translation: “Though your former state was great, your future will be so much greater that the former state will seem as if it had been small”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / personification
וְ֝אַחֲרִיתְךָ֗ יִשְׂגֶּ֥ה מְאֹֽד
and,end,your great very
Bildad is speaking of Job’s end, that is, his ultimate condition in life, as if it were a living thing that could increase. He means that Job’s prosperity will increase greatly in the end. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “yet your prosperity will increase greatly in the end”
8:7 you will end with much: Bildad’s words were more true than he realized (42:12; cp. 5:19-26).
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.