Parallel Verses

American Standard Version

It is not the great that are wise, Nor the aged that understand justice.

New American Standard Bible

“The abundant in years may not be wise,
Nor may elders understand justice.

King James Version

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

Holman Bible

It is not only the old who are wise
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.

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.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
חכם 
Chakam 
Usage: 27

neither do the aged
זקן 
Zaqen 
Usage: 178

References

Easton

Age

Hastings

Watsons

RAB

Context Readings

Elihu Rebukes Job And His Three Friends

8 But there is a spirit in man, And the breath of the Almighty giveth them understanding. 9 It is not the great that are wise, Nor the aged that understand justice. 10 Therefore I said, Hearken to me; I also will show mine opinion.



Cross References

Job 12:20

He removeth the speech of the trusty, And taketh away the understanding of the elders.

Matthew 11:25

At that season Jesus answered and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that thou didst hide these things from the wise and understanding, and didst reveal them unto babes:

Ecclesiastes 4:13

Better is a poor and wise youth than an old and foolish king, who knoweth not how to receive admonition any more.

Jeremiah 5:5

I will get me unto the great men, and will speak unto them; for they know the way of Jehovah, and the law of their God. But these with one accord have broken the yoke, and burst the bonds.

John 7:48

Hath any of the rulers believed on him, or of the Pharisees?

1 Corinthians 1:26-27

For behold your calling, brethren, that not many wise after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called :

1 Corinthians 2:7-8

but we speak God's wisdom in a mystery, even the wisdom that hath been hidden, which God foreordained before the worlds unto our glory:

James 2:6-7

But ye have dishonored the poor man. Do not the rich oppress you, and themselves drag you before the judgment-seats?

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