Job 32:9
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New International Version (©1984)
It is not only the old who are wise, not only the aged who understand what is right.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
"The abundant in years may not be wise, Nor may elders understand justice.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
People do not become wise merely because they live long. They don't understand what justice is merely because they're old.

King James Bible
Great men are not always wise: neither do the aged understand judgment.

American King James Version
Great men are not always wise: neither do the aged understand judgment.

American Standard Version
It is not the great that are wise, Nor the aged that understand justice.

Bible in Basic English
It is not the old who are wise, and those who are full of years have not the knowledge of what is right.

Douay-Rheims Bible
They that are aged are not the wise men, neither do the ancients understand judgment.

Darby Bible Translation
It is not the great that are wise; neither do the aged understand judgment.

English Revised Version
It is not the great that are wise, nor the aged that understand judgment.

Webster's Bible Translation
Great men are not always wise: neither do the aged understand judgment.

World English Bible
It is not the great who are wise, nor the aged who understand justice.

Young's Literal Translation
The multitude are not wise, Nor do the aged understand judgment.

Geneva Study Bible

Great men are not always wise: neither do the aged understand judgment.

Wesley's Notes

32:9 Judgment - What is just and right.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

9. Great-rather, "old" (Job 32:6). So Hebrew, in Ge 25:23. "Greater, less" for the older, the younger.

judgment-what is right.

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

32:6-14 Elihu professes to speak by the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, and corrects both parties. He allowed that those who had the longest experience should speak first. But God gives wisdom as he pleases; this encouraged him to state his opinion. By attention to the word of God, and dependence upon the Holy Spirit, young men may become wiser than the aged; but this wisdom will render them swift to hear, slow to speak, and disposed to give others a patient hearing.


Job 32:7 "I thought age should speak, And increased years should teach wisdom. (NASB ©1995)

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Great men are not always wise: neither do the aged understand judgment.

Great Jer 5:5 Mt 11:25 Joh 7:48 1Co 1:26,27 2:7,8 Jas 2:6,7

neither 12:20 Ec 4:13

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