Job 32:7-13

7 I thought, ‘Age should speak; advanced years should teach wisdom.’
8 But it is the spirit[a] in a person, the breath of the Almighty, that gives them understanding.
9 It is not only the old[b] 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.’

Cross References 12

  • 1. S 1 Chronicles 29:15; S 2 Chronicles 10:6
  • 2. ver 18
  • 3. S Job 27:3; Job 33:4
  • 4. S Job 12:13; S Psalms 119:34; James 1:5; Proverbs 2:6
  • 5. 1 Corinthians 1:26
  • 6. Psalms 119:100
  • 7. S Job 12:12,20; Luke 2:47; 1 Timothy 4:12
  • 8. Job 33:1,31,33; Job 34:2,16; Job 37:2,14; Psalms 34:11
  • 9. S Job 5:27
  • 10. ver 3
  • 11. S Job 4:12; S Ecclesiastes 9:11; Jeremiah 9:23
  • 12. S Job 11:5

Footnotes 2

  • [a]. Or "Spirit" ; also in verse 18
  • [b]. Or "many" ; or "great"
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