OET interlinear PRO 9:7

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / genericnoun

יֹ֤סֵ֨ר ׀ לֵ֗ץ לֹקֵ֣חַֽ ל֣⁠וֹ קָל֑וֹן וּ⁠מוֹכִ֖יחַ לְ⁠רָשָׁ֣ע מוּמֽ⁠וֹ

corrects scoffer gets to=him/it abuse and,rebukes to,wicked hurt_of,himself

Here, the terms The instructor, a mocker, himself, the rebuker, a wicked one, and his do not refer to specific people, but refer to types of people in general. If it would be helpful, you could use an expression that would be more natural in your language. Alternate translation: “Any instructor of any mocker receives disgrace for that person, and any rebuker of any wicked one, that person’s injury”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

יֹ֤סֵ֨ר ׀ לֵ֗ץ

corrects scoffer

Since a mocker does not accept instruction, this phrase implies that someone attempted to be an instructor of a mocker. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state this explicitly. Alternate translation: “The one who attempts to instruct a mocker”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

לֹקֵ֣חַֽ ל֣⁠וֹ קָל֑וֹן

gets to=him/it abuse

Here, Wisdom speaks of disgrace as if it were an object that a person receives. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “will himself be disgraced”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

קָל֑וֹן

abuse

See how you translated the abstract noun disgrace in [6:33](../06/33.md).

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis

וּ⁠מוֹכִ֖יחַ לְ⁠רָשָׁ֣ע מוּמֽ⁠וֹ

and,rebukes to,wicked hurt_of,himself

Wisdom is leaving out some of the words that in many languages a clause would need in order to be complete. You could supply these words from the previous clause if it would be clearer in your language. Alternate translation: “and the rebuker of a wicked one receives his injury”

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / nominaladj

לְ⁠רָשָׁ֣ע

to,wicked

Wisdom is using the adjective wicked as a noun to mean a certain kind of person. Your language may use adjectives in the same way. If not, you can translate this adjective with an equivalent phrase. Alternate translation: [a wicked person]

Note 7 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

מוּמֽ⁠וֹ

hurt_of,himself

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of injury, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: “becomes injured”