Parallel Verses
A Conservative Version
It is not the great who are wise, nor the aged who understand justice.
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.
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
8 But there is a spirit in man, and the breath of the Almighty gives them understanding. 9 It is not the great who are wise, nor the aged who understand justice. 10 Therefore I said, Hearken to me, I also will show my opinion.
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Cross References
Job 12:20
He removes the speech of the trustworthy, and takes away the understanding of the elders.
Matthew 11:25
Jesus having responded at that time, said, I extol thee, O Father, Lord of the heaven and the earth, because thou hid these things from the wise and intelligent, and revealed them to the childlike.
Jeremiah 5:5
I will go to the great men, and will speak to them, for they know the way of LORD, and the law of their God. But these with one accord have broken the yoke, and burst the bonds.
John 7:48
Have any of the rulers believed in him, or of the Pharisees?
1 Corinthians 1:26-27
For notice your calling, brothers, that not many are wise according to flesh, not many powerful, not many eminent.
1 Corinthians 2:7-8
But we speak a wisdom of God in a hidden mystery, which God predestined before the ages for our glory,
James 2:6-7
But ye have dishonored the poor man. Do not the rich exploit you, and they themselves drag you into courts?