OET interlinear PRO 22:27

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result

אִם

if

This verse gives a reason for the commands in the previous verse. Use a connector in your language that makes it clear that what follows is a reason for what came before. Alternate translation: “Do not do those things because if”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

אֵֽין־לְ⁠ךָ֥ לְ⁠שַׁלֵּ֑ם

not to/for=yourself(m) to,pay

Here, the writer is referring to repaying the loans mentioned in the previous verse. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state this explicitly. Alternate translation: “there is no money for you to repay the loan”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion

לָ֥⁠מָּה יִקַּ֥ח מִ֝שְׁכָּבְ⁠ךָ֗ מִ⁠תַּחְתֶּֽי⁠ךָ

to/for=what taken bed_of,your from,under,you

The writer is using the question form to emphasize what will happen if a person cannot repay a loan for someone else. 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: “surely he will take away your bed from under you!”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

יִקַּ֥ח מִ֝שְׁכָּבְ⁠ךָ֗ מִ⁠תַּחְתֶּֽי⁠ךָ

taken bed_of,your from,under,you

This clause refers to a person who loaned money taking away the bed of someone because that person was unable to pay the loan that he had promised to pay for someone else. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state this explicitly. Alternate translation: “should the lender take away your bed from under you because you were not able to repay the loan”