5. When Elihu saw that there was no answer in the mouth of the three men, he became angry.
6. Then Elihu the son of Barakel the Buzite spoke up and said, “I am young, but you are old; therefore I feared and became afraid of explaining my knowledge to you.
7. I thought, ‘Let days speak, and let many years teach wisdom.’
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.’
11. “Look, I waited for your words; I listened for your insight, until you searched out what to say.
12. And I directed my attention to you; and, look, there is no one for Job who refuted, answering his words among you.
13. So do not say, ‘We have found wisdom; let God refute him, not a man.’
14. But he did not direct his words to me, and I will not answer him with your words.
15. “They are dismayed; they no longer answer; they have nothing to say.