15:10 The gray-haired 1 and the aged are on our side, 2
men far older than your father. 3
33:12 Now in this, you are not right – I answer you, 4
for God is greater than a human being. 5
1 tn The participle שָׂב (sav), from שִׂיב (siv, “to have white hair”; 1 Sam 12:2), only occurs elsewhere in the Bible in the Aramaic sections of Ezra. The word יָשִׁישׁ (yashish, “aged”) occurred in 12:12.
2 tn Heb “with us.”
3 tn The line reads: “[men] greater than your father [in] days.” The expression “in days” underscores their age – they were older than Job’s father, and therefore wiser.
4 tn The meaning of this verb is “this is my answer to you.”
5 tc The LXX has “he that is above men is eternal.” Elihu is saying that God is far above Job’s petty problems.