Job 32:1-10

English Standard Version

Elihu Rebukes Job's Three Friends

32 So these three men ceased to answer Job, because he was ^(A)righteous in his own eyes. ²Then Elihu the son of Barachel ^(B)the Buzite, of the family of Ram, burned with anger. He burned with anger at Job because he justified himself ^(C)rather than God. ³He burned with anger also at Job's three friends because they had found no answer, although they had ^(D)declared Job to be in the wrong. ⁴Now Elihu had waited to speak to Job because they were older than he. ⁵And when Elihu saw that there was no answer in the mouth of these three men, he burned with anger.

⁶And Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite answered and said:

“I am young in years,
    and you are ^(E)aged;
therefore I was timid and afraid
    to declare my opinion to you.
⁷I said, ‘Let days speak,
    and many years teach wisdom.’
⁸But it is ^(F)the spirit in man,
    ^(G)the breath of the Almighty, that makes him ^(H)understand.
⁹^(I)It is not the old^[a] who are wise,
    nor the aged who understand what is right.
¹⁰Therefore I say, ‘Listen to me;
    let me also declare my opinion.’