Job 32:6

American Standard Version (1901)

And Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite answered and said, I am young, and ye are very old; Wherefore I held back, and durst not show you mine opinion.

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 15:10 : 10 With us are both the gray-headed and the very aged men, Much elder than thy father.
  • 1 Tim 5:1 : 1 Rebuke not an elder, but exhort him as a father; the younger men as brethren:
  • 1 Pet 5:5 : 5 Likewise, ye younger, be subject unto the elder. Yea, all of you gird yourselves with humility, to serve one another: for God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace to the humble.
  • Titus 2:6 : 6 the younger men likewise exhort to be sober-minded:
  • Rom 13:7 : 7 Render to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute [is due] ; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honor to whom honor.
  • Lev 19:32 : 32 Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honor the face of the old man, and thou shalt fear thy God: I am Jehovah.
  • 1 Sam 17:28-30 : 28 And Eliab his eldest brother heard when he spake unto the men; and Eliab's anger was kindled against David, and he said, Why art thou come down? and with whom hast thou left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know thy pride, and the naughtiness of thy heart; for thou art come down that thou mightest see the battle. 29 And David said, What have I now done? Is there not a cause? 30 And he turned away from him toward another, and spake after the same manner: and the people answered him again after the former manner.
  • Job 15:7 : 7 Art thou the first man that was born? Or wast thou brought forth before the hills?

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    1So these three men ceased to answer Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes.

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    3Also against his three friends was his wrath kindled, because they had found no answer, and yet had condemned Job.

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    5And when Elihu saw that there was no answer in the mouth of these three men, his wrath was kindled.

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    1Moreover Elihu answered and said,

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    9It is not the great that are wise, Nor the aged that understand justice.

    10Therefore I said, Hearken to me; I also will show mine opinion.

    11Behold, I waited for your words, I listened for your reasonings, Whilst ye searched out what to say.

    12Yea, I attended unto you, And, behold, there was none that convinced Job, Or that answered his words, among you.

    13Beware lest ye say, We have found wisdom; God may vanquish him, not man:

    14For he hath not directed his words against me; Neither will I answer him with your speeches.

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  • 8The young men saw me and hid themselves, And the aged rose up and stood;

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    2Who is this that darkeneth counsel By words without knowledge?

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