Devine Scripture

Job 32:9

Job chapter 32 · verse 9 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Great men are not always wise: neither do the aged understand judgment.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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

Context

v.8But there is a spirit in man, And the breath of the Almighty giveth them understanding.

v.9This passage

v.10Therefore I said, Hearken to me; I also will show mine opinion.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • James 2:6

    But ye have dishonored the poor man. Do not the rich oppress you, and themselves drag you before the judgment-seats?

  • Ecclesiastes 4:13

    Better is a poor and wise youth than an old and foolish king, who knoweth not how to receive admonition any more.

  • Jeremiah 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.

  • 1 Corinthians 1:26

    For behold your calling, brethren, that not many wise after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called:

  • 1 Corinthians 2:7

    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:

  • Job 12:20

    He removeth the speech of the trusty, And taketh away the understanding of the elders.