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OET (OET-LV) Both [the]_gray_haired as_well_as [the]_aged in/on/at/with_us [one]_old than_father_your days.
OET (OET-RV) Both the gray-haired and the elderly are on our side,
⇔ ≈People who’ve lived longer than your father.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / nominaladj
גַּם־שָׂ֣ב גַּם־יָשִׁ֣ישׁ
also/yet gray-haired also/yet aged
Eliphaz is using the adjectives gray-haired and aged as nouns to mean certain kinds of people. Your language may use adjectives in the same way. If not, you can translate these words with equivalent phrases. Alternate translation: “Both gray-haired people and aged people”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / doublet
גַּם־שָׂ֣ב גַּם־יָשִׁ֣ישׁ
also/yet gray-haired also/yet aged
The terms gray-haired and aged mean similar things. Eliphaz is using the two terms together for emphasis. If it would be clearer for your readers, you could express the emphasis with a single phrase. Alternate translation: “The most senior people”
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom
בָּ֑נוּ
in/on/at/with,us
In this context, the expression with us indicates agreement. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “agree with us”
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / nominaladj
כַּבִּ֖יר מֵאָבִ֣יךָ יָמִֽים
great than,father,your days
Eliphaz is using this adjective phrase as a noun phrase to mean a certain group of people. Your language may use adjectives in the same way. If not, you can translate this phrase with an equivalent one. Alternate translation: “people who are greater than your father in days”
Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy
כַּבִּ֖יר מֵאָבִ֣יךָ יָמִֽים
great than,father,your days
Eliphaz is using the term days to refer by association to how long a person has lived. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “people who are greater in age than your father” or “people who are older than your father”
15:9-10 Aged, gray-haired men claim a monopoly on wisdom (8:8-10; 12:20; see 12:2).
OET (OET-LV) Both [the]_gray_haired as_well_as [the]_aged in/on/at/with_us [one]_old than_father_your days.
OET (OET-RV) Both the gray-haired and the elderly are on our side,
⇔ ≈People who’ve lived longer than your father.
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.