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Job 32:9
Job 32:9 is verse 9 of Job chapter 32, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
It is not only the old who are wise, or the elderly who understand justice.
Or many or great
King James Version
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.
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Job 32:7–11 · Berean Standard Bible
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,
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Jeremiah 5:5I will go to the powerful and speak to them. Surely they know the way of the LORD, the justice of their God.” But they too, with one accord, had broken the yoke and torn off the chains.
Matthew 11:25At that time Jesus declared, “I praise You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because You have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children.
John 7:48“Have any of the rulers or Pharisees believed in Him?
1 Corinthians 1:26Brothers, consider the time of your calling: Not many of you were wise by human standards; not many were powerful; not many were of noble birth.
1 Corinthians 1:27But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong.
1 Corinthians 2:7No, we speak of the mysterious and hidden wisdom of God, which He destined for our glory before time began.
1 Corinthians 2:8None of the rulers of this age understood it. For if they had, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.
James 2:6But you have dishonored the poor. Is it not the rich who oppress you and drag you into court?
James 2:7Are they not the ones who blaspheme the noble name by which you have been called?
Job 12:20He deprives the trusted of speech and takes away the discernment of elders.
Ecclesiastes 4:13Better is a poor but wise youth than an old but foolish king who no longer knows how to take a warning.