Job 32 — parallel

32:1

And his three friends also ceased any longer to answer Job: for Job was righteous before them.

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32:2

Then Elius the son of Barachiel, the Buzite, of the kindred of Ram, of the country of Ausis, was angered: and he was very angry with Job, because he justified himself before the Lord.

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32:3

And he was also very angry with [his] three friends, because they were not able to return answers to Job, yet set him down for an ungodly man.

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32:4

But Elius had forborne to give an answer to Job, because they were older than he.

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32:5

And Elius saw that there was no answer in the mouth of the three men; and he was angered in his wrath.

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32:6

And Elius the Buzite the son of Barachiel answered and said, I am younger in age, and ye are elder; wherefore I kept silence, fearing to declare to you my own knowledge.

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32:7

And I said, It is not time that speaks, though in many years [men] know wisdom:

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32:8

but there is a spirit in mortals; and the inspiration of the Almighty is that which teaches.

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32:9

The long-lived are not wise [as such]; neither do the aged know judgment.

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