OET interlinear PRO 22:8

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / genericnoun

זוֹרֵ֣עַ עַ֭וְלָה & עֶבְרָת֣⁠וֹ

sows injustice & fury_of,his

A sower of iniquity and his refer to a type of person in general, not a specific person. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use more natural expressions. Alternate translation: “Any sower of iniquity … that person’s rage”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

זוֹרֵ֣עַ עַ֭וְלָה יקצור־אָ֑וֶן

sows injustice reap calamity

Here Solomon speaks of someone who does iniquity experiencing disaster as if iniquity were a seed that he plants and disaster were the plant that the seed becomes and that he harvests. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly or use a simile. Alternate translation: “A doer of iniquity will experience the consequences” or “A doer of iniquity will experience disaster like someone who reaps the crops from the seeds he planted”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

עַ֭וְלָה

injustice

See how you translated the abstract noun iniquity in [6:12](../06/12.md).

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / possession

וְ⁠שֵׁ֖בֶט עֶבְרָת֣⁠וֹ

and,rod_of fury_of,his

Here Solomon is using the possessive form to describe a rod that a sower of iniquity uses to express his rage by oppressing people. If your language would not use the possessive form for this, you could use a different expression. Alternate translation: “and the rod he uses to oppressively express his rage”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

וְ⁠שֵׁ֖בֶט

and,rod_of

Here Solomon refers to a person’s authority over other people as if it were a rod. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “and the authority of”