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Job 32:9

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32:9It is not the aged22 who are wise,

nor old men who understand what is right.

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Footnotes

  1. 22 The has “the great” or “the many,” meaning great in years according to the parallelism.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

It is not the old who are wise,

nor the aged who understand what is right.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

It is not only the old who are wise,

not only the aged who understand what is right.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

It is not only the old who are wise

or the elderly who understand how to judge.

NLTNew Living Translation

Sometimes the elders are not wise.

Sometimes the aged do not understand justice.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

It is not the aged who are wise,

or it is not the elders who understand justice.

KJV 1900King James Version

Great men are not always wise:

Neither do the aged understand judgment.