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OET (OET-LV) To/for_them by_themselves it_was_given the_earth/land and_not he_passed a_stranger in/on/at/with_midst_them.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
לָהֶ֣ם לְ֭בַדָּם נִתְּנָ֣ה הָאָ֑רֶץ וְלֹא־עָ֖בַר זָ֣ר בְּתוֹכָֽם
to/for=them by,themselves, given the=earth/land and=not passed stranger in/on/at/with,midst,them
By them, Eliphaz means the “fathers” or ancestors whom he described in the previous verse, and by the land he probably means Edom and specifically his home city of Teman, which was renowned for its wisdom (see Jeremiah 49:7). By saying that only those ancestors lived there and no stranger passed among them, he means that their wisdom was not diluted by outside influences. It may be helpful to clarify this for your readers. Alternate translation: “My wise ancestors lived by themselves in Teman, where there were no outside influences to dilute their wisdom”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive
נִתְּנָ֣ה הָאָ֑רֶץ
given the=earth/land
If your language does not use this passive form, you could express the idea in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: “God gave the land”
15:17-19 before any foreigners arrived: Eliphaz’s contempt for foreign ideas is ironic because wisdom literature has a more international flavor than is characteristic of other Old Testament writings.
OET (OET-LV) To/for_them by_themselves it_was_given the_earth/land and_not he_passed a_stranger in/on/at/with_midst_them.
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Greek words that they’re translated from.