Job 32:4-10

Easy-to-Read Version

⁴Elihu was the youngest one there, so he had waited until everyone finished talking. ⁵But when he saw that Job’s three friends had nothing more to say, his anger forced him to speak. ⁶So here’s what Elihu son of Barakel the Buzite said:

“I am only a young man, and you are all older.
    That is why I was afraid to tell you what I think.
⁷I thought to myself, ‘Older people should speak first.
    They have lived many years, so they have learned many things.’
⁸But it is the spirit in people, the breath from God All-Powerful,
    that makes them understand.
⁹Old men are not the only wise people.
    They are not the only ones who understand what is right.