"Both the gray-haired and the very aged are among us, older than your father." Eliphaz invokes the authority of age. The friends' ranks include the ancient, whose experience stretches far beyond Job's lifetime. This verse appeals to tradition and longevity as superior to Job's personal moment of crisis. Yet it also suggests that wisdom literature is a collective inheritance, not an individual achievement.

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