1 So these three men ceased to answer Job, because hhe was righteous in his own eyes. 2 Then iElihu the son of Barachel the Buzite, of the family of Ram, burned with anger. He burned with anger at Job because he justified himself jrather than God. 3 kHe burned with anger also at Job’s three friends because they had found no answer, although lthey had declared Job to be in the wrong. 4 Now Elihu had waited to speak to Job because they were older than he. 5 And when Elihu saw that there was no answer in the mouth of these three men, he burned with anger.
6 And Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite answered and said:
“I am myoung in years,
and you are aged;
therefore I was timid and afraid
to declare my opinion to you.
7 I said, ‘Let days speak,
and many years teach wisdom.’
8 But it is nthe spirit in man,
the breath of the Almighty, that makes him ounderstand.
9 It is not the old1 who are wise,
nor the aged who understand what is right.
10 Therefore I say, ‘Listen to me;
let me also declare my opinion.’
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