🌪️WEB · Job 32:9
What does Job 32:9 mean?
"It is not the great who are wise, nor the aged who understand justice."
— Job 32:9 (World English Bible)
Surrounding context
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.
I said, ‘Days should speak, and multitude of years should teach wisdom.’
But there is a spirit in man, and the breath of the Almighty gives them understanding.
It is not the great who are wise, nor the aged who understand justice.
Therefore I said, ‘Listen to me; I also will show my opinion.’
“Behold, I waited for your words, and I listened for your reasoning, while you searched out what to say.
Yes, I gave you my full attention, but there was no one who convinced Job, or who answered his words, among you.
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