Job 32:7

Old Testament · SCRIPTURE

Job 32:7

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Berean Standard Bible

I thought that age should speak, and many years should teach wisdom.

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KJV

King James Version

I said, Days should speak, and multitude of years should teach wisdom.

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WEB

World English Bible

I said, ‘Days should speak, and multitude of years should teach wisdom.’

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ASV

American Standard Version

I said, Days should speak, And multitude of years should teach wisdom.

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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.

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