Job 32:7-9

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I thought that age should speak
and maturity should teach wisdom.

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But it is a spirit in man^(a)
and the breath^(A) of the Almighty
that give him understanding.

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It is not only the old who are wise
or the elderly who understand how to judge.

a. Job 32:8: Or is the Spirit in a person

A. Job 32:8: Genesis 2:7; Job 33:4; Isaiah 42:5