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12 So with old age is wisdom,(A)
    and with length of days understanding.

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12 Is not wisdom found among the aged?(A)
    Does not long life bring understanding?(B)

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It is not those of many days who are wise,
    nor the aged who understand the right.

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It is not only the old[a] who are wise,(A)
    not only the aged(B) who understand what is right.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. Job 32:9 Or many; or great

How appropriate is sound judgment in the gray-haired,
    and good counsel in the elderly!
How appropriate is wisdom in the aged,
    understanding and counsel in the venerable!
The crown of the elderly, wide experience;
    their glory, the fear of the Lord.

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