Parallel Verses
NET Bible
It is not the aged who are wise, nor old men who understand what is right.
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.
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 it is a spirit in people, the breath of the Almighty, that makes them understand. 9 It is not the aged who are wise, nor old men who understand what is right. 10 Therefore I say, 'Listen to me. I, even I, will explain what I know.'
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Cross References
Job 12:20
He deprives the trusted advisers of speech and takes away the discernment of elders.
Matthew 11:25
At that time Jesus said, "I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and intelligent, and revealed them to little children.
Ecclesiastes 4:13
A poor but wise youth is better than an old and foolish king who no longer knows how to receive advice.
Jeremiah 5:5
I will go to the leaders and speak with them. Surely they know what the Lord demands. Surely they know what their God requires of them." Yet all of them, too, have rejected his authority and refuse to submit to him.
John 7:48
None of the rulers or the Pharisees have believed in him, have they?
1 Corinthians 1:26-27
Think about the circumstances of your call, brothers and sisters. Not many were wise by human standards, not many were powerful, not many were born to a privileged position.
1 Corinthians 2:7-8
Instead we speak the wisdom of God, hidden in a mystery, that God determined before the ages for our glory.
James 2:6-7
But you have dishonored the poor! Are not the rich oppressing you and dragging you into the courts?