9 It is not only the old who are wise,

not only the aged who understand what is right.

9 It is not the old who are wise,

nor the aged who understand what is right.

9 Sometimes the elders are not wise.

Sometimes the aged do not understand justice.

9 Great men are not always wise,

Nor do the aged always understand justice.

9 It is not just older people who are wise;

they are not the only ones who understand what is right.

9 It is not the great that are wise,

Nor the aged that understand justice.

9 It is not the great that are wise; neither do the aged understand judgment.

9 People do not become wise merely because they live long. 

They don’t understand what justice is merely because they’re old. 

9 It is not only the old who are wise

or the elderly who understand how to judge.

9 It is not the old that are wise,

nor the aged that understand what is right.

9 It is not the aged who are wise,

or it is not the elders who understand justice.

9 Older people aren’t the only ones who are wise.

They aren’t the only ones who understand what is right.

9 “The abundant in years may not be wise,

Nor may elders understand justice.