Job 32:9
Great men are not always wise: neither do the aged understand judgment.
KJV
Non sunt longævi sapientes, nec senes intelligunt judicium.
Vulgate
οὐχ οἱ πολυχρόνιοί εἰσιν σοφοί, οὐδ’ οἱ γέροντες οἴδασιν κρίμα.
LXX
It is not the great that are wise, Nor the aged that understand justice.
ASV
לֹֽא רַבִּ֥ים יֶחְכָּ֑מוּ וּ֝/זְקֵנִ֗ים יָבִ֥ינוּ מִשְׁפָּֽט
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
זִקְנֵ֣י
zqny
adjective · 179×
י
y
noun · 422×
יֶחְכַּם
ychkm
verb · 28×
יָבִ֥ין
ybyn
verb · 168×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
רַב
rb
verb · 458×
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 1Cor 1:26 — For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called:
- 1Cor 2:7 — But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom, which God ordained before the world unto our glory:
- 2Kgs 4:8 — And it fell on a day, that Elisha passed to Shunem, where was a great woman; and she constrained him to eat bread. And so it was, that as oft as he passed by, he turned in thither to eat bread.
- 2Sam 3:38 — And the king said unto his servants, Know ye not that there is a prince and a great man fallen this day in Israel?
- Eccl 4:13 — Better is a poor and a wise child than an old and foolish king, who will no more be admonished.
- Jas 2:6 — But ye have despised the poor. Do not rich men oppress you, and draw you before the judgment seats?
- Job 12:20 — He removeth away the speech of the trusty, and taketh away the understanding of the aged.
- Job 12:20 — He removeth away the speech of the trusty, and taketh away the understanding of the aged.
- John 7:48 — Have any of the rulers or of the Pharisees believed on him?
- Matt 11:25 — At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes.
- Prov 28:11 — The rich man is wise in his own conceit; but the poor that hath understanding searcheth him out.