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OET (OET-LV) And_ ʼĒliyyāh _came_near to all_of the_people and_he/it_said until when [will]_you_all [be]_limping on the_two_of the_opinions if YHWH the_ʼElohīm walk after_him and_if the_Baˊal walk after_him and_not they_answered the_people DOM_him/it a_word.
OET (OET-RV) and Eliyyah addressed the people, “How much longer are you all going to remain unsure who to follow? If Yahweh is God, follow him, but if it’s Baal, follow him.” But the people just stayed silent.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion
How long will you keep changing your mind?
(Some words not found in UHB: and,came_near ʼĒliyyāh to/towards all/each/any/every the,people and=he/it_said until when(q) you_all waver on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in two(fd) the,opinions if YHWH the=ʼElohīm go after,him and=if the,Baal go after,him and=not answer the,people DOM=him/it word )
Elijah asks this question to urge the people to make a decision. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express this question as a statement. Alternate translation: “You have been indecisive for long enough.”
did not answer him a word
(Some words not found in UHB: and,came_near ʼĒliyyāh to/towards all/each/any/every the,people and=he/it_said until when(q) you_all waver on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in two(fd) the,opinions if YHWH the=ʼElohīm go after,him and=if the,Baal go after,him and=not answer the,people DOM=him/it word )
Alternate translation: “did not say anything” or “were silent”
18:21 The Hebrew word translated waver means “to be lame” or “to limp.” Elijah compared the people’s hobbling between the worship of the Lord and of Baal to a person who limps awkwardly from one foot to the other. Elijah may have also been referring to the ritual dance performed by Baal’s prophets as they attempted to gain the storm-god’s attention (18:26).
OET (OET-LV) And_ ʼĒliyyāh _came_near to all_of the_people and_he/it_said until when [will]_you_all [be]_limping on the_two_of the_opinions if YHWH the_ʼElohīm walk after_him and_if the_Baˊal walk after_him and_not they_answered the_people DOM_him/it a_word.
OET (OET-RV) and Eliyyah addressed the people, “How much longer are you all going to remain unsure who to follow? If Yahweh is God, follow him, but if it’s Baal, follow him.” But the people just stayed silent.
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.
Acknowledgements: The Hebrew text, lemmas, and morphology are all thanks to the OSHB and some of the glosses are from Macula Hebrew.