So Elihu son of Barachel the Buzite replied:

I am young in years,
while you are old;
therefore I was timid and afraid
to tell(A) you what I know.
I thought that age should speak
and maturity should teach wisdom.
But it is a spirit in man[a]
and the breath(B) of the Almighty
that give him understanding.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 32:8 Or is the Spirit in a person

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