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OET (OET-LV) And_they_said to Yəhōshūˊa if/because he_has_given YHWH in/on/at/with_hands_our DOM all the_earth/land and_also they_have_melted_away all the_inhabitants the_earth/land because_of_presence_us.
OET (OET-RV) “Yahweh has certainly given this land to us,” they told Yehoshua. “The people there won’t be able to resist us because they’re so terrified.”
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom
נָתַ֧ן יְהוָ֛ה בְּיָדֵ֖נוּ
he/it_gave YHWH in/on/at/with,hands,our
The two spies are using the past tense in order to refer to something that will happen in the future. He is doing this to show that the event will certainly happen. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use the future tense. Alternate translation: “Yahweh will give into our hand”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom
נָתַ֧ן יְהוָ֛ה בְּיָדֵ֖נוּ אֶת־כָּל־הָאָ֑רֶץ
he/it_gave YHWH in/on/at/with,hands,our DOM all/each/any/every the=earth/land
The phrase has given into our hand is an idiom meaning “has delivered to our control.” If your readers would not understand this, you could use an equivalent idiom or use plain language. Alternate translation: “has delivered all the land to our control” or “has allowed us to conquer all the land”
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom
נָמֹ֛גוּ כָּל־יֹשְׁבֵ֥י הָאָ֖רֶץ
melt_away all/each/any/every inhabitants the=earth/land
See how you translated the similar phrase “have melted from before your face” in 2:9.
2:1-24 Like any good military commander, Joshua sent out spies or scouts to get information about his objective.
• Because Israel planned to approach Canaan from the east, they could not bypass Jericho.
OET (OET-LV) And_they_said to Yəhōshūˊa if/because he_has_given YHWH in/on/at/with_hands_our DOM all the_earth/land and_also they_have_melted_away all the_inhabitants the_earth/land because_of_presence_us.
OET (OET-RV) “Yahweh has certainly given this land to us,” they told Yehoshua. “The people there won’t be able to resist us because they’re so terrified.”
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.