Bible verse
It is not only the old who are wise, or the elderly who understand justice.
Job 32:9 · BSB
The verses around it, from Job 32.
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,
12 I paid you full attention. But no one proved Job wrong; not one of you rebutted his arguments.
13 So do not claim, ‘We have found wisdom; let God, not man, refute him.’
KJV
Great men are not [always] wise: neither do the aged understand judgment.
ASV
It is not the great that are wise, Nor the aged that understand justice.
ERV
It is not the great that are wise, nor the aged that understand judgment.
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