OET interlinear PRO 20:9

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion

מִֽי־יֹ֭אמַר זִכִּ֣יתִי לִבִּ֑⁠י טָ֝הַ֗רְתִּי מֵ⁠חַטָּאתִֽ⁠י

who? say kept_~_pure heart_of,my pure from,sin_of,my

Solomon is using the question form to emphasize that no one is sinless. If you would not use the question form for this purpose in your language, you could translate this as a statement or an exclamation. Alternate translation: “Certainly no one can say, ‘I have made my heart pure, I am clean from my sin!’”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / quotations

מִֽי־יֹ֭אמַר זִכִּ֣יתִי לִבִּ֑⁠י טָ֝הַ֗רְתִּי מֵ⁠חַטָּאתִֽ⁠י

who? say kept_~_pure heart_of,my pure from,sin_of,my

If it would be more natural in your language, you could express this as an indirect quotation. Alternate translation: “Who can say that he has made his heart pure, that he is clean from his sin”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

זִכִּ֣יתִי לִבִּ֑⁠י

kept_~_pure heart_of,my

Here Solomon refers to a person who no longer thinks sinfully as if that person made his heart pure. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “I have cleansed my heart”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

לִבִּ֑⁠י

heart_of,my

See how you translated the same use of heart in [2:2](../02/02.md).

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

טָ֝הַ֗רְתִּי מֵ⁠חַטָּאתִֽ⁠י

pure from,sin_of,my

Here Solomon refers to a person who no longer sins as if that person were clean from his sin. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “I no longer sin”

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

מֵ⁠חַטָּאתִֽ⁠י

from,sin_of,my

See how you translated abstract noun sin in [5:22](../05/22.md).