Job 32:1-11 ▼

1 So these three men quit answering Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes.

2 Then Elihu son of Barachel the Buzite from the family of Ram became angry. He was angry at Job because he had justified himself rather than God.

3 He was also angry at Job’s three friends because they had failed to refute him and yet had condemned him.

4 Now Elihu had waited to speak to Job because they were all older than he.

5 But when he saw that the three men could not answer Job, he became angry.

6 So Elihu son of Barachel the Buzite replied: I am young in years, while you are old; therefore I was timid and afraid to tell you what I know.

7 I thought that age should speak and maturity should teach wisdom.

8 But it is the spirit in a person— the breath from the Almighty— that gives anyone understanding.

9 It is not only the old who are wise or the elderly who understand how to judge.

10 Therefore I say, “Listen to me. I too will declare what I know.”

11 Look, I waited for your conclusions; I listened to your insights as you sought for words.