Scriptures

New Living Translation (NLT)

Job 32
³ He was also angry with Job’s three friends, for they made God appear to be wrong by their inability to answer Job’s arguments.
⁴ Elihu had waited for the others to speak to Job because they were older than he.
⁵ But when he saw that they had no further reply, he spoke out angrily.
⁶ Elihu son of Barakel the Buzite said, “I am young and you are old, so I held back from telling you what I think.
⁷ I thought, ‘Those who are older should speak, for wisdom comes with age.’
⁸ But there is a spirit within people, the breath of the Almighty within them, that makes them intelligent.
⁹ Sometimes the elders are not wise. Sometimes the aged do not understand justice.
¹⁰ So listen to me, and let me tell you what I think.
¹¹ “I have waited all this time, listening very carefully to your arguments, listening to you grope for words.
¹² I have listened, but not one of you has refuted Job or answered his arguments.
¹³ And don’t tell me, ‘He is too wise for us. Only God can convince him.’