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Job 32:7-9
Lexham English Bible

7 I thought,[a] ‘Let days[b] 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[c] who are wise,
or[d] it is not the elders who understand justice.

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  1. Job 32:7 Or “said”
  2. Job 32:7 Compare the idiom of “as far as days” in vv. 4 and 6
  3. Job 32:9 Literally “many in days”
  4. Job 32:9 Hebrew “and”
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Job 32:7-9
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7 I thought, ‘Age should speak;
    advanced years should teach wisdom.’(A)
8 But it is the spirit[a](B) in a person,
    the breath of the Almighty,(C) that gives them understanding.(D)
9 It is not only the old[b] who are wise,(E)
    not only the aged(F) who understand what is right.(G)

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  1. Job 32:8 Or Spirit; also in verse 18
  2. Job 32:9 Or many; or great
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