Bible verse
I thought that age should speak, and many years should teach wisdom.
Job 32:7 · BSB
The verses around it, from Job 32.
3 and he burned with anger against Job’s three friends because they had failed to refute Job, and yet had condemned him.
4 Now Elihu had waited to speak to Job because the others were older than he.
5 But when he saw that the three men had no further reply, his anger was kindled.
6 So Elihu son of Barachel the Buzite declared: “I am young in years, while you are old; that is why I was timid and afraid to tell you what I know.
7 I thought that age should speak, and many years should teach wisdom.
8 But there is a spirit in a man, the breath of the Almighty, that gives him understanding.
9 It is not only the old who are wise, or the elderly who understand justice.
10 Therefore I say, ‘Listen to me; I too will declare what I know.’
11 Indeed, I waited while you spoke; I listened to your reasoning; as you searched for words,
KJV
I said, Days should speak, and multitude of years should teach wisdom.
ASV
I said, Days should speak, And multitude of years should teach wisdom.
ERV
I said, Days should speak, and multitude of years should teach wisdom.
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