Add parallel Print Page Options

Elihu son of Barachel the Buzite answered:

‘I am young in years,
    and you are aged;
therefore I was timid and afraid
    to declare my opinion to you.
I said, “Let days speak,
    and many years teach wisdom.”
But truly it is the spirit in a mortal,
    the breath of the Almighty,[a] that makes for understanding.

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Job 32:8 Traditional rendering of Heb Shaddai

Bible Gateway Recommends

NRSV LIVE Bible for Teens, Catholic Edition
NRSV LIVE Bible for Teens, Catholic Edition
Retail: $39.99
Our Price: $26.99
Save: $13.00 (33%)
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition Holy Bible: NRSV
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition Holy Bible: NRSV
Retail: $16.99
Our Price: $11.99
Save: $5.00 (29%)
5.0 of 5.0 stars
NRSV Catholic Edition Bible, Eucalyptus--Softcover
NRSV Catholic Edition Bible, Eucalyptus--Softcover
Retail: $24.99
Our Price: $16.99
Save: $8.00 (32%)
NRSV Catholic Edition Bible, Eucalyptus--hardcover
NRSV Catholic Edition Bible, Eucalyptus--hardcover
Retail: $29.99
Our Price: $19.99
Save: $10.00 (33%)