Job 32:6-14

New International Version

“I am young in years,
    and you are old;^(A)
that is why I was fearful,
    not daring to tell you what I know.
⁷ I thought, ‘Age should speak;
    advanced years should teach wisdom.’^(B)
8 But it is the spirit^[a](C) in a person,
    the breath of the Almighty,^(D) that gives them understanding.^(E)
9 It is not only the old^[b] who are wise,^(F)
    not only the aged^(G) who understand what is right.^(H)

¹⁰ “Therefore I say: Listen to me;^(I)
    I too will tell you what I know.^(J)
11 I waited while you spoke,
    I listened to your reasoning;
while you were searching for words,
¹²     I gave you my full attention.
But not one of you has proved Job wrong;
    none of you has answered his arguments.^(K)
13 Do not say, ‘We have found wisdom;^(L)
    let God, not a man, refute^(M) him.’
¹⁴ But Job has not marshaled his words against me,^(N)
    and I will not answer him with your arguments.