20 He silences the lips of trusted advisers
    and takes away the discernment of elders.(A)

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20 He removeth away the speech of the trusty, and taketh away the understanding of the aged.

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You have closed their minds to understanding;(A)
    therefore you will not let them triumph.

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For thou hast hid their heart from understanding: therefore shalt thou not exalt them.

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I thought, ‘Age should speak;
    advanced years should teach wisdom.’(A)

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I said, Days should speak, and multitude of years should teach wisdom.

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It is not only the old[a] who are wise,(A)
    not only the aged(B) who understand what is right.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. Job 32:9 Or many; or great

Great men are not always wise: neither do the aged understand judgment.

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Let us discern for ourselves what is right;(A)
    let us learn together what is good.(B)

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Let us choose to us judgment: let us know among ourselves what is good.

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10 “So listen to me,(A) you men of understanding.(B)
    Far be it from God to do evil,(C)
    from the Almighty to do wrong.(D)

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10 Therefore hearken unto me ye men of understanding: far be it from God, that he should do wickedness; and from the Almighty, that he should commit iniquity.

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