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Job 32:5-14 English Standard Version (ESV)

5. And when Elihu saw that there was no answer in the mouth of these three men, he burned with anger.

6. And Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite answered and said:“I am young in years,and you are aged;therefore I was timid and afraidto declare my opinion to you.

7. I said, ‘Let days speak,and many years teach wisdom.’

8. But it is the spirit in man, the breath of the Almighty, that makes him understand.

9. It is not the old who are wise,nor the aged who understand what is right.

10. Therefore I say, ‘Listen to me;let me also declare my opinion.’

11. “Behold, I waited for your words,I listened for your wise sayings,while you searched out what to say.

12. I gave you my attention,and, behold, there was none among you who refuted Jobor who answered his words.

13. Beware lest you say, ‘We have found wisdom;God may vanquish him, not a man.’

14. He has not directed his words against me,and I will not answer him with your speeches.

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