Job 32:6-9
Legacy Standard Bible
6 So Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite answered and said,
“I am young in years and you are (A)old;
Therefore I was shy and afraid to tell you my knowledge.
7 I [a]thought [b](B)age should speak,
And [c]increased years should make wisdom known.
8 But it is a spirit in man,
And the (C)breath of the Almighty gives them (D)understanding.
9 The [d]abundant in years may not be wise,
Nor may (E)elders understand justice.
Job 32:6-9
English Standard Version
6 And Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite answered and said:
“I am young in years,
and you are (A)aged;
therefore I was timid and afraid
to declare my opinion to you.
7 I said, ‘Let days speak,
and many years teach wisdom.’
8 But it is (B)the spirit in man,
(C)the breath of the Almighty, that makes him (D)understand.
9 (E)It is not the old[a] who are wise,
nor the aged who understand what is right.
Footnotes
- Job 32:9 Hebrew many [in years]
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