Job 32:1-9 ▼

1 These three men stopped answering Job because Job thought he was righteous.

2 Then Elihu, son of Barachel, a descendant of Buz from the family of Ram, became very angry with Job because Job thought he was more righteous than God.

3 Elihu was also very angry with Job's three friends because they had found no answer. They made it look as if God were wrong.

4 Elihu waited as they spoke to Job because they were older than he was.

5 When Elihu saw that the three men had no further responses, he became very angry. The Reason for Elihu's Discourse

6 So Elihu, son of Barachel, the descendant of Buz, replied [to Job], |I am young, and you are old. That's why I refrained from speaking and was afraid to tell you what I know.

7 I thought, 'Age should speak, and experience should teach wisdom.'

8 However, there is in humans a Spirit, the breath of the Almighty, that gives them understanding.

9 People do not become wise merely because they live long. They don't understand what justice is merely because they're old.