Job 32:9

World English Bible (2000)

It is not the great who are wise, nor the aged who understand justice.

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Referenced Verses

  • Matt 11:25 : 25 At that time, Jesus answered, "I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that you hid these things from the wise and understanding, and revealed them to infants.
  • Job 12:20 : 20 He removes the speech of those who are trusted, and takes away the understanding of the elders.
  • Eccl 4:13 : 13 Better is a poor and wise youth than an old and foolish king who doesn't know how to receive admonition any more.
  • Jer 5:5 : 5 I will go to the great men, and will speak to them; for they know the way of Yahweh, and the law of their God." But these with one accord have broken the yoke, and burst the bonds.
  • John 7:48 : 48 Have any of the rulers believed in him, or of the Pharisees?
  • 1 Cor 1:26-27 : 26 For you see your calling, brothers, that not many are wise according to the flesh, not many mighty, and not many noble; 27 but God chose the foolish things of the world that he might put to shame those who are wise. 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, the wisdom that has been hidden, which God foreordained before the worlds for our glory, 8 which none of the rulers of this world has known. For had they known it, they wouldn't have crucified the Lord of glory.
  • Jas 2:6-7 : 6 But you have dishonored the poor man. Don't the rich oppress you, and personally drag you before the courts? 7 Don't they blaspheme the honorable name by which you are called?

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    12 With aged men is wisdom, in length of days understanding.

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    13 Beware lest you say, 'We have found wisdom, God may refute him, not man;'

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    6 A senseless man doesn't know, neither does a fool understand this:

  • Eccl 9:16-17
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    16 Then I said, "Wisdom is better than strength." Nevertheless the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.

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    9 What do you know, that we don't know? What do you understand, which is not in us?

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  • Job 12:2-3
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    2 "No doubt, but you are the people, and wisdom shall die with you.

    3 But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you. Yes, who doesn't know such things as these?

  • Job 34:34
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    34 Men of understanding will tell me, yes, every wise man who hears me:

  • Prov 28:5
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    5 Evil men don't understand justice; but those who seek Yahweh understand it fully.

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    10 Therefore I said, 'Listen to me; I also will show my opinion.'

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    12 "But where shall wisdom be found? Where is the place of understanding?

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  • Deut 32:28-29
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    28 For they are a nation void of counsel. There is no understanding in them.

    29 Oh that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end!

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    10 Don't say, "Why were the former days better than these?" For you do not ask wisely about this.

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    26 Behold, God is great, and we don't know him. The number of his years is unsearchable.

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    24 Therefore men revere him. He doesn't regard any who are wise of heart."

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    3 I have not learned wisdom, neither do I have the knowledge of the Holy One.

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    8 Consider, you senseless among the people; you fools, when will you be wise?

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    10 But as for you all, come on now again; I shall not find a wise man among you.

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    32 For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him, that we should come together in judgment.

  • Eccl 9:13
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    13 I have also seen wisdom under the sun in this way, and it seemed great to me.

  • Jer 8:9
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    9 The wise men are disappointed, they are dismayed and taken: behold, they have rejected the word of Yahweh; and what kind of wisdom is in them?

  • Eccl 4:13
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    13 Better is a poor and wise youth than an old and foolish king who doesn't know how to receive admonition any more.

  • Job 34:2
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    2 "Hear my words, you wise men. Give ear to me, you who have knowledge.

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    20 Where then does wisdom come from? Where is the place of understanding?

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    19 Wisdom is a strength to the wise man more than ten rulers who are in a city.

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    21 Isn't their tent cord plucked up within them? They die, and that without wisdom.'

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    4 Don't you know this from old time, since man was placed on earth,

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    3 You asked, 'Who is this who hides counsel without knowledge?' therefore I have uttered that which I did not understand, things too wonderful for me, which I didn't know.

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    12 "Behold, I will answer you. In this you are not just, for God is greater than man.

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    1 Who is like the wise man? And who knows the interpretation of a thing? A man's wisdom makes his face shine, and the hardness of his face is changed.

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    16 For of the wise man, even as of the fool, there is no memory for ever, since in the days to come all will have been long forgotten. Indeed, the wise man must die just like the fool!

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    33 Wisdom rests in the heart of one who has understanding, and is even made known in the inward part of fools.

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    22 "Shall any teach God knowledge, since he judges those who are high?

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    5 that the wise man may hear, and increase in learning; that the man of understanding may attain to sound counsel:

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    7 For he doesn't know that which will be; for who can tell him how it will be?

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    23 Thus says Yahweh, Don't let the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, don't let the rich man glory in his riches;

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    20 He removes the speech of those who are trusted, and takes away the understanding of the elders.

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    11 The rich man is wise in his own eyes; but the poor who has understanding sees through him.

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    17 then I saw all the work of God, that man can't find out the work that is done under the sun, because however much a man labors to seek it out, yet he won't find it. Yes even though a wise man thinks he can comprehend it, he won't be able to find it.

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    9 (For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days on earth are a shadow.)

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    18 (Which wise men have told by their fathers, and have not hidden it;

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    22 "For my people are foolish, they don't know me. They are foolish children, and they have no understanding. They are skillful in doing evil, but to do good they have no knowledge."