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Job 32:7

World English Bible

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

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Job 32:7 in other translations

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

Job 32:7 · American Standard Version

Job 32:7 in context

  1. 5When Elihu saw that there was no answer in the mouth of these three men, his wrath was kindled.
  2. 6Elihu 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.
  3. 7I said, ‘Days should speak,
    and multitude of years should teach wisdom.’
  4. 8But there is a spirit in man,
    and the Spirit of the Almighty gives them understanding.
  5. 9It is not the great who are wise,
    nor the aged who understand justice.