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OET (OET-LV) If/because [are]_yesterday we and_not we_know if/because [are]_a_shadow days_our on earth.
OET (OET-RV) because we were born just ‘yesterday’
⇔ and don’t know anything.
⇔ Our days on the earth are just a shadow in comparison.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / hyperbole
תְמ֣וֹל אֲ֭נַחְנוּ וְלֹ֣א נֵדָ֑ע
yesterday we and=not know
Bildad is saying that he, Job, and the other two friends were only born yesterday and that they do not know anything. He says both of these things as overstatements for emphasis. If it would be clearer in your language, you could express the emphasis in a different way. Alternate translation: “we have not been alive for very long and we do not know very much”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / exclusive
אֲ֭נַחְנוּ וְלֹ֣א נֵדָ֑ע & יָמֵ֣ינוּ
we and=not know & days,our
By we and our, Bildad means himself and the other friends and also Job, to whom he is speaking, so use the inclusive form of those words in your translation if your language marks that distinction.
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
צֵ֖ל יָמֵ֣ינוּ עֲלֵי־אָֽרֶץ
shadow days,our on earth
Bildad is speaking as if the days that he and Job and the other friends have on earth were literally a shadow. He means that just as a shadow appears only for a short time, so people are only on earth for a short time. If it would be clearer in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “our days on earth are fleeting”
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom
צֵ֖ל יָמֵ֣ינוּ עֲלֵי־אָֽרֶץ
shadow days,our on earth
Bildad is using the term days to refer to a specific time. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “our time on earth is a shadow”
8:9 born but yesterday and know nothing: Bildad suggested that Job’s generation was either born too late to be acquainted with ancient wisdom or was too young to have accumulated it.
OET (OET-LV) If/because [are]_yesterday we and_not we_know if/because [are]_a_shadow days_our on earth.
OET (OET-RV) because we were born just ‘yesterday’
⇔ and don’t know anything.
⇔ Our days on the earth are just a shadow in comparison.
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.