Job 32:9

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

לֹֽא־רַבִּ֥ים יֶחְכָּ֑מוּ וּ֝זְקֵנִ֗ים יָבִ֥ינוּ מִשְׁפָּֽט׃

Transliteration

Not-lōʾ-many rabbîm yeḥkāmû and ûzəqēnîm yābînû mišpāṭ

Grammar Details

*lōʾ*: negative particle - not
*rabbîm*: adjective masculine plural - many/great
*yeḥkāmû*: qal imperfect 3rd person masculine plural - they are wise
*ûzəqēnîm*: waw conjunction + adjective masculine plural - and elders/old men
*yābînû*: qal imperfect 3rd person masculine plural - they understand
*mišpāṭ*: noun masculine singular - judgment/justice

Word Meanings

*rabbîm*: many/great/numerous
*yeḥkāmû*: they are wise/they become wise
*zəqēnîm*: elders/old men/aged ones
*yābînû*: they understand/they comprehend/they discern
*mišpāṭ*: judgment/justice/what is right

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Matt 11:25 : 25 At that season Jesus answered and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that you did hide these things from the wise and understanding, and did reveal them unto babes:
Job 12:20 : 20 He removeth the speech of the trusty, And taketh away the understanding of the elders.
Eccl 4:13 : 13 Better is a poor and wise youth than an old and foolish king, who knoweth not how to receive admonition any more.
Jer 5:5 : 5 I will get me unto the great men, and will speak unto them; for they know the way of Jehovah, and the law of their God. But these with one accord have broken the yoke, and burst the bonds.
John 7:48 : 48 Hath any of the rulers believed on him, or of the Pharisees?
1 Cor 1:26-27 : 26 For behold your calling, brethren, that not many wise after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, [are called]: 27 but God chose the foolish things of the world, that he might put to shame them that are wise; and God chose the weak things of the world, that he might put to shame the things that are strong;
1 Cor 2:7-8 : 7 but we speak God's wisdom in a mystery, [even] the [wisdom] that hath been hidden, which God foreordained before the worlds unto our glory: 8 which none of the rulers of this world hath known: for had they known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory:
Jas 2:6-7 : 6 But ye have dishonored the poor man. Do not the rich oppress you, and themselves drag you before the judgment-seats? 7 Do not they blaspheme the honorable name by which ye are called?

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