Job 32:9

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Summary

Job 32:9

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

Great

Neither

Job 12:20

Ecclesiastes 4:13

General references

1 Corinthians 14:32

Bible References

Great

“I will go to the great [men]
And speak to them,
For they [must] know the way of the Lord,
The ordinance of their God.”
But [I found the reverse to be true, that] they too had all alike broken the yoke [of God’s law]
And had burst the bonds [of obedience to Him].

At that time Jesus said, “I praise You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth [I openly and joyfully acknowledge Your great wisdom], that You have hidden these things [these spiritual truths] from the wise and intelligent and revealed them to infants [to new believers, to those seeking God’s will and purpose].

Has any of the rulers or Pharisees believed in Him?

Just look at your own calling, believers; not many [of you were considered] wise according to human standards, not many powerful or influential, not many of high and noble birth.

but we speak God’s wisdom in a mystery, the wisdom once hidden [from man, but now revealed to us by God, that wisdom] which God predestined before the ages to our glory [to lift us into the glory of His presence].

But you [in contrast] have dishonored the poor man. Is it not the rich who oppress and exploit you, and personally drag you into the courts of law?

Neither

“He deprives the trusted ones of speech
And takes away the discernment and discretion of the aged.

A poor yet wise youth is better than an old and foolish king who no longer knows how to receive instruction and counsel (friendly reproof, warning)—

General references

for the spirits of prophets are subject to the prophets [the prophecy is under the speaker’s control, and he can stop speaking];