Job 32:2-9

English Standard Version

²Then Elihu the son of Barachel ^(A)the Buzite, of the family of Ram, burned with anger. He burned with anger at Job because he justified himself ^(B)rather than God. ³He burned with anger also at Job's three friends because they had found no answer, although they had ^(C)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 ^(D)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 ^(E)the spirit in man,
    ^(F)the breath of the Almighty, that makes him ^(G)understand.
⁹^(H)It is not the old^[a] who are wise,
    nor the aged who understand what is right.