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Barakel's son, Elihu, said this:

‘I am young and you are old.
    So I was afraid to tell you what I was thinking.
I thought, “Older men should speak.
    They have lived for many years and they should share their wisdom.”
But it is a person's spirit that helps them to understand things.
Almighty God has to put his breath into them.

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So Elihu son of Barakel the Buzite said:

“I am young in years,
    and you are old;(A)
that is why I was fearful,
    not daring to tell you what I know.
I thought, ‘Age should speak;
    advanced years should teach wisdom.’(B)
But it is the spirit[a](C) in a person,
    the breath of the Almighty,(D) that gives them understanding.(E)

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Footnotes

  1. Job 32:8 Or Spirit; also in verse 18