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Job 32:9
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It is not only the old who are wiseor the elderly who understand how to judge.
It is not the great who are wise, Nor the aged who understand justice.
Great men are not always wise: neither do the aged understand judgment.
It is not the old who are wise, nor the aged who understand what is right.
It is not just older people who are wise; they are not the only ones who understand what is right.
It is not the aged who are wise, nor old men who understand what is right.
"The abundant in years may not be wise, Nor may elders understand justice.
It is not the great who are wise, Nor the aged who understand justice.
Great men are not alway wise, neither doe the aged alway vnderstand iudgement.
The abundant in years may not be wise,Nor may elders understand justice.
It is not only the old who are wise, or the elderly who understand justice.
Age is no guarantee of wisdom and understanding.
it isn't [only] the great who are wise or the aged who know how to judge.
It is not the great that are wise; neither do the aged understand judgment.
Old men are not the only wise people. They are not the only ones who understand what is right.
It is not age that makes men wise; nor do the aged always understand judgment.
It is not growing old that makes us wise or helps us to know what is right.
It is not the aged who are wise, or it is not the elders who understand justice.
It is not the great that are wise, nor the aged who perceive justice;
All men are not wyse, nether doth euery aged man vnderstonde the thinge that is laufull.
It is not the great that are wise, Nor the aged that understand justice.
It is not the old who are wise, and those who are full of years have not the knowledge of what is right.
It is not the great that are wise, nor the aged that discern judgment.
Great men are not alwayes wise: neither doe the aged vnderstand iudgement.
Great men are not alway wyse, neither doth euery aged man vnderstande the thing that is lawfull:
The long-lived are not wise as such; neither do the aged know judgment.
It is not the great that are wise, nor the aged that understand judgment.
Men of long lijf ben not wise, and elde men vndurstonden not doom.
It is not the great that are wise, Nor the aged that understand justice.
Great men are not [always] wise: neither do the aged understand judgment.
Great men [fn] are not always wise,Nor do the aged always understand justice.
Sometimes the elders are not wise. Sometimes the aged do not understand justice.
The old may not be wise. They may not understand what is right and fair.
It is not the old that are wise, nor the aged that understand what is right.
Great men, may not be wise, nor, elders, understand justice.
They that are aged are not the wise men, neither do the ancients understand judgment.
It is not the old that are wise, nor the aged that understand what is right.
The multitude are not wise, Nor do the aged understand judgment.
"The abundant in years may not be wise, Nor may elders understand justice.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Great: Jeremiah 5:5, Matthew 11:25, John 7:48, 1 Corinthians 1:26, 1 Corinthians 1:27, 1 Corinthians 2:7, 1 Corinthians 2:8, James 2:6, James 2:7
neither: Job 12:20, Ecclesiastes 4:13
Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 3:38 - a prince 2 Kings 4:8 - a great woman 2 Kings 5:13 - his servants Job 17:10 - for I Proverbs 28:11 - the poor
Cross-References
"I will establish My covenant between Me and you and your descendants after you throughout their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be God to you and to your descendants after you.
And behold, the LORD stood above and around him and said, "I am the LORD, the God of Abraham your [father's] father and the God of Isaac; I will give to you and to your descendants the land [of promise] on which you are lying.
Then the LORD said to Jacob, "Return to the land of your fathers and to your people, and I will be with you."
'I am the God of Bethel, where you anointed the pillar, and where you made a vow to Me; now stand up, leave this land, and return to the land of your birth.'"
"It is in my power to harm you, but the God of your father spoke to me last night, saying, 'Be careful not to speak to Jacob, either good or bad.'
"If the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and [the Feared One] of Isaac, had not been with me, most certainly you would have sent me away now empty-handed. God has seen my affliction and humiliation and the [exhausting] labor of my hands, so He rendered judgment and rebuked you last night."
"The God of Abraham [your father] and the God of Nahor [my father], and the god [the image of worship] of their father [Terah, an idolater], judge between us." But Jacob swore [only] by [the one true God] the Fear of his father Isaac.
He commanded them, saying, "This is what to say to my lord Esau: 'Your servant Jacob says this, "I have been living temporarily with Laban, and have stayed there until now;
The messengers returned to Jacob, saying, "We went to your brother Esau, and now he is coming to meet you, and there are four hundred men with him."
Jacob was greatly afraid and distressed; and he divided the people who were with him, and the flocks and herds and camels, into two camps;
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Great men are not [always] wise,.... Men of grandeur and dignity, as Job's friends might be, the rich, the honourable, and noble; the apostle is thought to refer to this, at least to express the sentiment contained in it, 1 Corinthians 1:26; or the great in quantity, the many, the multitude; and therefore are not to be followed in principle or practice; or that are great in years, well stricken in age, have lived long in the world, so some versions q; or are doctors, teachers of others, masters in Israel, as Nicodemus, and yet ignorant; all these may be wise in natural, civil, and worldly things, though this is not always the case; but not wise and knowing in divine and spiritual things, particularly in those respecting the causes and reasons of God's providential dealings with men, afflicting the righteous, and suffering the wicked to prosper, which is more fully explained in the next clause:
neither do the aged understand judgment; what is right and wrong, the difference between truth and error, and particularly the judgments of God, which are unsearchable, and his ways past finding out; even so to understand them as to observe and acknowledge his sovereignty, wisdom, truth, and faithfulness in them.
q רבים πολυχρονιοι, Sept. "longaevi", V. L. Mr. Broughton renders it, "as men of not great time may be wise, as the old understand the right."
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Great men are not always wise - Though wisdom may in general be looked for in them, yet it is not universally true. Great men here denote those who are distinguished for rank, age, authority.
Neither do the aged understand judgment - That is, they do not always understand it. The word judgment here means right, truth. They do not always understand what is the exact truth in regard to the divine administration. This is an apology for what he was about to say, and for the fact that one so young should speak. Of the truth of what he here said there could be no doubt, and hence, there was a propriety that one who was young should also be allowed to express his opinion on important subjects.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Job 32:9. Great men are not always wise — This is a true saying, which the experience of every age and every country increasingly verifies. And it is most certain that, in the case before us, the aged did not understand judgment; they had a great many wise and good sayings, which they had collected, but showed neither wisdom nor discretion in applying them.
