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OET (OET-LV) And_fifty man from_(the)_sons the_prophets they_went and_stood at_facing at_distance and_two_them they_stood at the_Yardēn.
OET (OET-RV) Fifty of the prophets-in-training had also gone, but they’d stood back watching from a distance, so the two of them had stood there by the Yordan.
Note 1 topic: translate-numbers
(Occurrence 0) fifty of the sons
(Some words not found in UHB: and,fifty (a)_man from=(the)_sons the,prophets went and,stood at,facing at,distance and,two,them stood on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in the,Jordan )
“50 of the sons”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom
(Occurrence 0) the sons of the prophets
(Some words not found in UHB: and,fifty (a)_man from=(the)_sons the,prophets went and,stood at,facing at,distance and,two,them stood on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in the,Jordan )
This does not mean that they were the sons of prophets, but rather, that they were a group of prophets. See how you translated this phrase in 2 Kings 2:3. Alternate translation: “the group of men who were prophets”
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom
(Occurrence 0) stood opposite them
(Some words not found in UHB: and,fifty (a)_man from=(the)_sons the,prophets went and,stood at,facing at,distance and,two,them stood on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in the,Jordan )
This means that they were standing, facing them. Alternate translation: “stood facing them” or “stood watching them”
2:1-18 Elijah’s translation into heaven transferred the prophetic mantle to Elisha.
OET (OET-LV) And_fifty man from_(the)_sons the_prophets they_went and_stood at_facing at_distance and_two_them they_stood at the_Yardēn.
OET (OET-RV) Fifty of the prophets-in-training had also gone, but they’d stood back watching from a distance, so the two of them had stood there by the Yordan.
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.