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OET (OET-LV) If/because ask please of_generations former and_consider to_what_havefound fathers_their.
OET (OET-RV) ⇔ Why don’t you ask previous generations,
⇔ ≈and consider what their ancestors had learnt,
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
שְׁאַל־נָ֭א לְדֹ֣ר רִישׁ֑וֹן
inquire now of,generations former
Bildad is speaking as if Job could literally ask the people of former generations for advice. He means that Job should consider the wisdom that those people passed down to their descendants through tradition. If it would be clearer in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “consider the traditional wisdom that the former generations have passed down to us”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
אֲבוֹתָֽם
fathers,their
Bildad is using the term fathers to mean “ancestors.” If your readers would misunderstand this, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “their ancestors”
8:8-10 Bildad made the case for traditional wisdom by appealing to ancient tradition and history (Deut 4:32; Jer 18:13).
OET (OET-LV) If/because ask please of_generations former and_consider to_what_havefound fathers_their.
OET (OET-RV) ⇔ Why don’t you ask previous generations,
⇔ ≈and consider what their ancestors had learnt,
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.