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Job 32:7 KJV
Job · chapter 32 · verse 7
I said, Days should speak, and multitude of years should teach wisdom.Job 32:7 · King James Version
Job 32:7 in context
5When Elihu saw that there was no answer in the mouth of these three men, then his wrath was kindled.
6And Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite answered and said, I am young, and ye are very old; wherefore I was afraid, and durst not shew you mine opinion.
7I said, Days should speak, and multitude of years should teach wisdom.
8But there is a spirit in man: and the inspiration of the Almighty giveth them understanding.
9Great men are not always wise: neither do the aged understand judgment.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- multituderôbabundanceH7230 →
- speakdâbarperhaps properly, to arrangeH1696 →
- yearsshâneha yearH8141 →
- teachyâdaʻto knowH3045 →
- saidʼâmarto sayH559 →
- Daysyôwma day , whether literal , or figurativeH3117 →
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Elihu here appears to have been, I. A man of great modesty and humility. Though a young man, and a man of abilities, yet not pert, and confident, and assuming: his face shone, and, like Moses, he did not know it, which made it shine so much the brighter.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 6-14