Parallel Verses
Holman Bible
or the elderly who understand how to judge.
New American Standard Bible
Nor may
King James Version
Great men are not always wise: neither do the aged understand judgment.
International Standard Version
"The aged aren't always wise, nor do the elderly always understand justice.
A Conservative Version
It is not the great who are wise, nor the aged who understand justice.
American Standard Version
It is not the great that are wise, Nor the aged that understand justice.
Amplified
“Those [who are] abundant in years may not [always] be wise,
Nor may the elders [always] understand justice.
Bible in Basic English
It is not the old who are wise, and those who are full of years have not the knowledge of what is right.
Darby Translation
It is not the great that are wise; neither do the aged understand judgment.
Julia Smith Translation
Not the many will be wise: and old men understand judgment.
King James 2000
Great men are not always wise: neither do the aged understand justice.
Lexham Expanded Bible
[It is] not {the aged} [who] are wise, or [it is not] [the] elders [who] understand justice.
Modern King James verseion
It is not the great that are wise, nor the aged who understand judgment.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Great men are not always wise, neither doth every aged man understand the thing that is lawful.
NET Bible
It is not the aged who are wise, nor old men who understand what is right.
New Heart English Bible
It is not the great who are wise, nor the aged who understand justice.
The Emphasized Bible
Great men, may not be wise, nor, elders, understand justice.
Webster
Great men are not always wise: neither do the aged understand judgment.
World English Bible
It is not the great who are wise, nor the aged who understand justice.
Youngs Literal Translation
The multitude are not wise, Nor do the aged understand judgment.
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 32:9
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Context Readings
Elihu Rebukes Job And His Three Friends
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and the breath
that give him understanding.
or the elderly who understand how to judge.
I too will declare what I know.”
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Cross References
Job 12:20
and takes away the elders’ good judgment.
Matthew 11:25
At that time Jesus said,
Ecclesiastes 4:13
Better is a poor but wise youth than an old but foolish king who no longer pays attention to warnings.
Jeremiah 5:5
and speak to them.
Surely they know the way of the Lord,
the justice of their God.
However, these also had broken the yoke
and torn off the chains.
John 7:48
Have any of the rulers
1 Corinthians 1:26-27
Brothers, consider your calling: Not many are wise from a human perspective,
1 Corinthians 2:7-8
On the contrary, we speak God’s hidden wisdom in a mystery, a wisdom God predestined
James 2:6-7
Yet you dishonored that poor man.