OLD TESTAMENT · VERSE 6

Job 32:6

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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.

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Job 32:3–9

3

Also his wrath was kindled against his three friends, because they had found no answer, and yet had condemned Job.

4

Now Elihu had waited to speak to Job, because they were older than he.

5

When Elihu saw that there was no answer in the mouth of these three men, his wrath was kindled.

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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 of the Almighty gives them understanding.

9

It is not the great who are wise,

nor the aged who understand justice.

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