InterlinearVerse GEN EXO LEV NUM DEUT JOB YEHO (JOS) HERO (JDG) RUTH 1 SAM 2 SAM PSA AMOS HOS 1 KI 2 KI 1 CHR 2 CHR PROV ECC SNG YOEL (JOEL) MIC ISA ZEP HAB YIR (JER) LAM YNA (JNA) NAH OBAD DAN EZEK EZRA EST NEH HAG ZEC MAL 2 PS WIS TOB MAN BAR G DAN G ESD L ESD 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 LAOD 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
InterlinearVerse Lam C1 C2 C3 C5
Lam 4 V1 V2 V3 V4 V5 V6 V7 V9 V10 V11 V12 V13 V14 V15 V16 V17 V18 V19 V20 V21 V22
OET-LV It_is_dark more_than_soot appearance_of_their not they_are_recognized in_streets skin_of_their it_has_shrivelled on bone_of_their dry it_has_become like_wood.
OET (OET-RV) Blackness has darkened their form—they’re not even recognised in the streets.
⇔ Their skin has shrivelled on their bones—it’s become as dry and stiff as bark.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / simile
חָשַׁ֤ךְ מִשְּׁחוֹר֙
(Some words not found in UHB: blacker more,than_soot appearance_of,their not recognized in,streets shrivelled skin_of,their on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in bone_of,their dry it_became like,wood )
The point of this comparison is that just as soot is very dark, so the appearance of the people has become extremely dark because of starvation and suffering. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make this point explicitly. Alternate translation: [is extremely dark]
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / simile
יָבֵ֖שׁ הָיָ֥ה כָעֵֽץ
dry it_became like,wood
The point of this comparison is that just as wood is dry and lifeless, so the skin of the starving people has become dried out. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make this point explicitly. Alternate translation: [it has become dry and lifeless like a piece of wood]
OET-LV It_is_dark more_than_soot appearance_of_their not they_are_recognized in_streets skin_of_their it_has_shrivelled on bone_of_their dry it_has_become like_wood.
OET (OET-RV) Blackness has darkened their form—they’re not even recognised in the streets.
⇔ Their skin has shrivelled on their bones—it’s become as dry and stiff as bark.
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.