Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
[It is] not {the aged} [who] are wise, or [it is not] [the] elders [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.
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.
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 "Truly, it [is] a spirit in a human being, and the breath of Shaddai teaches them. 9 [It is] not {the aged} [who] are wise, or [it is not] [the] elders [who] understand justice. 10 Therefore I say, 'Listen to me; let me also declare my knowledge myself.'
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Job 12:20
He deprives [the] trustworthy of speech, and he takes away [the] discretion of elders.
Matthew 11:25
At that time Jesus answered [and] said, "I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these [things] from the wise and intelligent, and have revealed them to young children.
Ecclesiastes 4:13
A poor but wise youth [is] better than an old but foolish king who no longer knows {how to receive advice}.
Jeremiah 5:5
Let me go to the great, and let me speak with them, for they know the way of Yahweh, the law of their God." However, they together have broken [the] yoke, they have torn to pieces [the] bonds.
John 7:48
{None} of the rulers or of the Pharisees have believed in him, [have they]?
1 Corinthians 1:26-27
For consider your calling, brothers, that not many [were] wise according to human standards, not many [were] powerful, not many [were] well born.
1 Corinthians 2:7-8
but we speak the hidden wisdom of God in a mystery, which God predestined before the ages for our glory,
James 2:6-7
But you have dishonored the poor! Are not the rich exploiting you and they themselves dragging you into the courts?