Parallel Verses

Youngs Literal Translation

The multitude are not wise, Nor do the aged understand judgment.

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.

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.

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 Surely a spirit is in man, And the breath of the Mighty One Doth cause them to understand. 9 The multitude are not wise, Nor do the aged understand judgment. 10 Therefore I have said: Hearken to me, I do shew my opinion -- even I.



Cross References

Job 12:20

Turning aside the lip of the stedfast, And the reason of the aged He taketh away.

Matthew 11:25

At that time Jesus answering said, 'I do confess to Thee, Father, Lord of the heavens and of the earth, that thou didst hide these things from wise and understanding ones, and didst reveal them to babes.

Ecclesiastes 4:13

Better is a poor and wise youth than an old and foolish king, who hath not known to be warned any more.

Jeremiah 5:5

I get me to the great, and I speak with them, For they have known the way of Jehovah, The judgment of their God.' Surely they together have broken the yoke, They have drawn away the bands.

John 7:48

did any one out of the rulers believe in him? or out of the Pharisees?

1 Corinthians 1:26-27

for see your calling, brethren, that not many are wise according to the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble;

1 Corinthians 2:7-8

but we speak the hidden wisdom of God in a secret, that God foreordained before the ages to our glory,

James 2:6-7

and ye did dishonour the poor one; do not the rich oppress you and themselves draw you to judgment-seats;

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