Job 32:4–10

4 Now Elihu had waited to speak to Job because they were all older than he. 5 But when he saw that the three men could not answer Job, he became angry.

6 So Elihu son of Barachel the Buzite replied:

I am young in years,

while you are old;

therefore I was timid and afraid

to tella you what I know.

7 I thought that age should speak

and maturity should teach wisdom.

8 But it is the spirit in a person—

the breathb from the Almighty—

that gives anyone understanding.

9 It is not only the old who are wise

or the elderly who understand how to judge.

10 Therefore I say, “Listen to me.

I too will declare what I know.”