Catholic Public Domain Version
"The wise are not the aged, nor do the elders understand judgment. "
— Job 32:9, Catholic Public Domain Version
“Great men are not always wise: neither do the aged understand judgment.”
“It is not the great that are wise, Nor the aged that understand justice. ”
“It is not the great who are wise, nor the aged who understand justice.”
“It is not the aged who are wise, nor old men who understand what is right.”
“They that are aged are not the wise men, neither do the ancients understand judgment.”
“It is not the old who are wise, and those who are full of years have not the knowledge of what is right.”
“Great men are not always wise: neither do the aged understand judgment.”
And so Eliu the son of Barachel the Buzite responded by saying: I am younger in years, and you are more ancient; therefore, I kept my head low, for I was afraid to reveal to you my opinion.
For I had hoped that greater age would speak, and that a multitude of years would teach wisdom.
But I see now that there is only breath in men, and that it is the inspiration of the Almighty that gives understanding.
The wise are not the aged, nor do the elders understand judgment.
Therefore, I will speak. Listen to me, and so I will show you my wisdom.
For I have endured your words; I have paid attention to your deliberations, while you were being argumentative with words.
And as long as I supposed that you were saying something, I considered; but now I see that there is none of you that is able to argue with Job and to respond to his words.