7. For I had hoped that greater age would speak, and that a multitude of years would teach wisdom.
8. But I see now that there is only breath in men, and that it is the inspiration of the Almighty that gives understanding.
9. The wise are not the aged, nor do the elders understand judgment.
10. Therefore, I will speak. Listen to me, and so I will show you my wisdom.
11. For I have endured your words; I have paid attention to your deliberations, while you were being argumentative with words.
12. And as long as I supposed that you were saying something, I considered; but now I see that there is none of you that is able to argue with Job and to respond to his words.
13. So that you will not say, "We have found wisdom," God has thrown him down, not man.