OET interlinear PRO 22:29

uW Translation Notes:

[22:29](../22/29.md) is Saying 5 of the 30 “words of the wise ones.”

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion

חָזִ֡יתָ אִ֤ישׁ ׀ מָ֘הִ֤יר בִּ⁠מְלַאכְתּ֗⁠וֹ

see (a)_man skilled in/on/at/with,work_of,his

Although the Hebrew text is not worded as a question, several translations make this clause into a rhetorical question. If it would be helpful in your language, you could translate this as a question. Alternate translation: “Have you seen a man skilled in his work?”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / genericnoun

אִ֤ישׁ ׀ מָ֘הִ֤יר בִּ⁠מְלַאכְתּ֗⁠וֹ & יִתְיַצָּ֑ב בַּל־יִ֝תְיַצֵּב

(a)_man skilled in/on/at/with,work_of,his & serve not serve

Here, a skilled man, his, he, and himself refer to a type of person in general, not a specific man. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use more natural expressions. Alternate translation: “people skilled in their work; those people will station themselves … they will not station themselves”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

לִֽ⁠פְנֵֽי & יִתְיַצָּ֑ב בַּל־יִ֝תְיַצֵּב לִ⁠פְנֵ֥י

to=(the)_face_of/in_front_of/before & serve not serve to=(the)_face_of/in_front_of/before

The phrase station himself before the face of is an idiom that means “to enter the service of.” If this phrase does not have that meaning in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “he will enter the service of … he will not enter the service of”