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So Elihu son of Barakel, the Buzite, responded. He said:

I am young and inexperienced, and you are aged.
That is why I held back,
and I was afraid to tell you what I know.
I thought that experience should speak.
Many years should give a man wisdom.
However, it is the spirit[a] in a man
and the breath of the Almighty that give a man understanding.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 32:8 Or Spirit

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