InterlinearVerse GEN EXO LEV NUM DEU JOB JOS JDG RUTH 1 SAM 2 SAM PSA AMOS HOS 1 KI 2 KI 1 CHR 2 CHR PROV ECC SNG JOEL MIC ISA ZEP HAB JER LAM YNA (JNA) NAH OBA DAN EZE EZRA EST NEH HAG ZEC MAL 2 PS WIS TOB MAN BAR DNG GES LES ESG JDT 3 MAC SIR 1 MAC 2 MAC 4 MAC YHN (JHN) MARK MAT LUKE ACTs YAC (JAM) GAL 1 TH 2 TH 1 COR 2 COR ROM COL LAO PHM EPH PHP 1 TIM TIT 1 PET 2 PET 2 TIM HEB YUD (JUD) 1 YHN (1 JHN) 2 YHN (2 JHN) 3 YHN (3 JHN) REV
Lam 4 V1 V2 V3 V4 V5 V6 V7 V8 V9 V10 V11 V12 V13 V14 V15 V16 V17 V18 V20 V21 V22
OET-LV Swift those_of_who_pursued_us they_were more_than_the_eagles_of heaven on the_mountains they_hotly_pursued_us in_wilderness they_lay_in_wait to/for_us.
OET (OET-RV) The ones chasing after us were faster than the eagles in the sky.
⇔ They chased us over the mountains,
⇔ then they ambushed us in the wilderness.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / merism
עַל־הֶהָרִ֣ים & בַּמִּדְבָּ֖ר
on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in the,mountains & (Some words not found in UHB: swifter they_were [those_of,who]_pursued_us more,than_[the]_eagles_of heavens on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in the,mountains they,hotly_pursued_us in,wilderness lay_in_wait to/for=us )
The writer is referring to all places by naming two extremes, On the mountains and in the wilderness. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent expression or plain language. Alternate translation: [Everywhere, whether on the mountains … in the wilderness]
OET-LV Swift those_of_who_pursued_us they_were more_than_the_eagles_of heaven on the_mountains they_hotly_pursued_us in_wilderness they_lay_in_wait to/for_us.
OET (OET-RV) The ones chasing after us were faster than the eagles in the sky.
⇔ They chased us over the mountains,
⇔ then they ambushed us in the wilderness.
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.