Job 32:6-9
World English Bible
6 Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite answered,
“I am young, and you are very old;
Therefore I held back, and didn’t dare show you my opinion.
7 I said, ‘Days should speak,
and multitude of years should teach wisdom.’
8 But there is a spirit in man,
and the Spirit[a] of the Almighty gives them understanding.
9 It is not the great who are wise,
nor the aged who understand justice.
Footnotes
- 32:8 or, breath
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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