So Elihu son of Barachel the Buzite replied:

I am young in years,
while you are old;
therefore I was timid and afraid
to tell(A) you what I know.
I thought that age should speak
and maturity should teach wisdom.
But it is a spirit in man[a]
and the breath(B) of the Almighty
that give him understanding.
It is not only the old who are wise
or the elderly who understand how to judge.

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  1. Job 32:8 Or is the Spirit in a person

Then Elihu the son of Barakel the Buzite spoke up[a] and said,

I am young,[b] but[c] you[d] are old;
therefore I feared and became afraid of explaining my knowledge to you.[e]
I thought,[f] ‘Let days[g] speak,
and let many years teach wisdom.’
“Truly, it is a spirit in a human being,
and the breath of Shaddai teaches them.
It is not the aged[h] who are wise,
or[i] it is not the elders who understand justice.

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  1. Job 32:6 Literally “answered”; see NET
  2. Job 32:6 Literally “Young I am as far as days”
  3. Job 32:6 Or “and”
  4. Job 32:6 Plural
  5. Job 32:6 Plural
  6. Job 32:7 Or “said”
  7. Job 32:7 Compare the idiom of “as far as days” in vv. 4 and 6
  8. Job 32:9 Literally “many in days
  9. Job 32:9 Hebrew “and”