Job 32:9
What does Job 32:9 mean?
A plain-English look at Job 32:9 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000It is not the great that are wise, Nor the aged that understand justice.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Great men are not always wise: neither do the aged understand judgment.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901It is not the great that are wise, Nor the aged that understand justice.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949It is not the old who are wise, and those who are full of years have not the knowledge of what is right.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862The multitude are not wise, Nor do the aged understand judgment.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752They that are aged are not the wise men, neither do the ancients understand judgment.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890It is not the great that are wise; neither do the aged understand judgment.
Context
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.
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