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New American Standard Bible
Nor may
King James Version
Great men are not always wise: neither do the aged understand judgment.
Holman Bible
or the elderly who understand how to judge.
International Standard Version
"The aged aren't always wise, nor do the elderly always understand justice.
A Conservative Version
It is not the great who are wise, nor the aged who understand justice.
American Standard Version
It is not the great that are wise, Nor the aged that understand justice.
Amplified
“Those [who are] abundant in years may not [always] be wise,
Nor may the elders [always] 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.
Darby Translation
It is not the great that are wise; neither do the aged understand judgment.
Julia Smith Translation
Not the many will be wise: and old men understand judgment.
King James 2000
Great men are not always wise: neither do the aged understand justice.
Lexham Expanded Bible
[It is] not {the aged} [who] are wise, or [it is not] [the] elders [who] understand justice.
Modern King James verseion
It is not the great that are wise, nor the aged who understand judgment.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Great men are not always wise, neither doth every aged man understand the thing that is lawful.
NET Bible
It is not the aged who are wise, nor old men who understand what is right.
New Heart English Bible
It is not the great who are wise, nor the aged who understand justice.
The Emphasized Bible
Great men, may not be wise, nor, elders, understand justice.
Webster
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.
Youngs Literal Translation
The multitude are not wise, Nor do the aged understand judgment.
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 32:9
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Context Readings
Elihu Rebukes Job And His Three Friends
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Certainly there is a spirit in man, and the inspiration of the Almighty gives them understanding.
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Nor may
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Cross References
Job 12:20
He impedes the lips of those that speak the truth and takes away the counsel of the aged.
Matthew 11:25
At that time Jesus answered and said, I praise thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and understanding and hast revealed them unto children.
Ecclesiastes 4:13
Better is a poor and a wise child than an old and foolish king who will no longer be admonished.
Jeremiah 5:5
I will go unto the great men, and will speak unto them; for they have known the way of the LORD, and the judgment of their God: but these have altogether broken the yoke and burst the bonds.
John 7:48
Have any of the princes or of the Pharisees believed on him?
1 Corinthians 1:26-27
For look upon your vocation, brothers, that ye are not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble,
1 Corinthians 2:7-8
but we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom, which God predestined before the ages unto our glory,
James 2:6-7
But ye have despised the poor. Do not the rich oppress you with tyranny and draw you with violence to the courts?