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OET (OET-LV) Not has_it_been_pulled_up tent-cord_their in/on/at/with_them will_they_die and_not in/on/at/with_wisdom.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion
הֲלֹא־נִסַּ֣ע יִתְרָ֣ם בָּ֑ם
?,not pulled_up tent-cord,their in/on/at/with,them
Eliphaz is using the question form for emphasis. If you would not use the question form for this purpose in your language, you could translate this as a statement or as an exclamation. Alternate translation: “Their tent cord is certainly pulled up away from them!”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive
הֲלֹא־נִסַּ֣ע יִתְרָ֣ם בָּ֑ם
?,not pulled_up tent-cord,their in/on/at/with,them
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. If you need to say who does the action, the context suggests that it is God. Alternate translation: “Does not God pull up their tent cord away from them”
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
הֲלֹא־נִסַּ֣ע יִתְרָ֣ם בָּ֑ם
?,not pulled_up tent-cord,their in/on/at/with,them
Eliphaz is speaking as if people were literally a tent whose cord had been pulled up so that it was in danger of imminent collapse. He means that mortals have only a brief and uncertain life. If it would be clearer in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “Do not people have only a brief and uncertain life?” or, as an exclamation, “People have only a brief and uncertain life!”
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns
בְחָכְמָֽה
in/on/at/with,wisdom
If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of wisdom, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: “after having lived wisely”
4:21 A tent was a common symbol for mortal life (Isa 38:12; 2 Cor 5:1; cp. Eccl 12:6).
OET (OET-LV) Not has_it_been_pulled_up tent-cord_their in/on/at/with_them will_they_die and_not in/on/at/with_wisdom.
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.