Ayub 15:10

15:10 The gray-haired ¹  and the aged are on our side, ² 

men far older than your father. ³ 

Ayub 33:12

33:12 Now in this, you are not right – I answer you, ⁴ 

for God is greater than a human being. ⁵ 

[15:10]  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.

[15:10]  ² tn Heb “with us.”

[15:10]  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.

[33:12]  ⁴ tn The meaning of this verb is “this is my answer to you.”

[33:12]  ⁵ tc The LXX has “he that is above men is eternal.” Elihu is saying that God is far above Job’s petty problems.