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Job 32:6-14 New International Version (NIV)

6. So Elihu son of Barakel the Buzite said: “I am young in years, and you are old; that is why I was fearful, not daring to tell you what I know.

7. I thought, ‘Age should speak; advanced years should teach wisdom.’

8. But it is the spirit in a person, the breath of the Almighty, that gives them understanding.

9. It is not only the old who are wise, not only the aged who understand what is right.

10. “Therefore I say: Listen to me; I too will tell you what I know.

11. I waited while you spoke, I listened to your reasoning; while you were searching for words,

12. I gave you my full attention. But not one of you has proved Job wrong; none of you has answered his arguments.

13. Do not say, ‘We have found wisdom; let God, not a man, refute him.’

14. But Job has not marshaled his words against me, and I will not answer him with your arguments.

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