So Elihu, the son of Barachel the Buzite, answered and said:

“I am (A)young in years, and you are very old;
Therefore I was afraid,
And dared not declare my opinion to you.

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So Elihu son of Barakel the Buzite said:

“I am young in years,
    and you are old;(A)
that is why I was fearful,
    not daring to tell you what I know.

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10 (A)Both the gray-haired and the aged are among us,
Much older than your father.

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10 The gray-haired and the aged(A) are on our side,
    men even older than your father.(B)

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Treatment of Church Members

Do not rebuke an older man, but exhort him as a father, younger men as brothers,

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Widows, Elders and Slaves

Do not rebuke an older man(A) harshly,(B) but exhort him as if he were your father. Treat younger men(C) as brothers,

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Submit to God, Resist the Devil

Likewise you younger people, submit yourselves to your elders. Yes, (A)all of you be submissive to one another, and be clothed with humility, for

(B)“God resists the proud,
But (C)gives grace to the humble.”

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In the same way, you who are younger, submit yourselves(A) to your elders. All of you, clothe yourselves with humility(B) toward one another, because,

“God opposes the proud
    but shows favor to the humble.”[a](C)

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Peter 5:5 Prov. 3:34

Likewise, exhort the young men to be sober-minded,

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Similarly, encourage the young men(A) to be self-controlled.(B)

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(A)Render therefore to all their due: taxes to whom taxes are due, customs to whom customs, fear to whom fear, honor to whom honor.

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Give to everyone what you owe them: If you owe taxes, pay taxes;(A) if revenue, then revenue; if respect, then respect; if honor, then honor.

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Are you the first man who was born?
(A)Or were you made before the hills?

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“Are you the first man ever born?(A)
    Were you brought forth before the hills?(B)

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28 Now Eliab his oldest brother heard when he spoke to the men; and Eliab’s (A)anger was aroused against David, and he said, “Why did you come down here? And with whom have you left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know your pride and the insolence of your heart, for you have come down to see the battle.”

29 And David said, “What have I done now? (B)Is[a] there not a cause?” 30 Then he turned from him toward another and (C)said the same thing; and these people answered him as the first ones did.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 17:29 Lit. Is it not a word? or matter?

28 When Eliab, David’s oldest brother, heard him speaking with the men, he burned with anger(A) at him and asked, “Why have you come down here? And with whom did you leave those few sheep in the wilderness? I know how conceited you are and how wicked your heart is; you came down only to watch the battle.”

29 “Now what have I done?” said David. “Can’t I even speak?” 30 He then turned away to someone else and brought up the same matter, and the men answered him as before.

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32 (A)‘You shall [a]rise before the gray headed and honor the presence of an old man, and (B)fear your God: I am the Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 19:32 rise to give honor

32 “‘Stand up in the presence of the aged, show respect(A) for the elderly(B) and revere your God.(C) I am the Lord.(D)

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