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Job 32:7-13
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Job 32:7-13
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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.’
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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
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2
[a].
Or "Spirit" ; also in verse 18
[b].
Or "many" ; or "great"
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