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Job 32:9

dIt is not the old1 who are wise,

nor the aged who understand what is right.

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Job 32:9 — The New International Version (NIV)

It is not only the old who are wise,

not only the aged who understand what is right.

Job 32:9 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

Great men are not always wise:

Neither do the aged understand judgment.

Job 32:9 — New Living Translation (NLT)

Sometimes the elders are not wise.

Sometimes the aged do not understand justice.

Job 32:9 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

Great men are not always wise,

Nor do the aged always understand justice.

Job 32:9 — New Century Version (NCV)

It is not just older people who are wise;

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

Job 32:9 — American Standard Version (ASV)

It is not the great that are wise,

Nor the aged that understand justice.

Job 32:9 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

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

Job 32:9 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

People do not become wise merely because they live long. 

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

Job 32:9 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

It is not only the old who are wise

or the elderly who understand how to judge.

Job 32:9 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

It is not the old that are wise,

nor the aged that understand what is right.

Job 32:9 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

It is not the aged who are wise,

or it is not the elders who understand justice.

Job 32:9 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

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

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

Job 32:9 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

“The abundant in years may not be wise,

Nor may elders understand justice.


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