Job 32:7 Parallel Translations
NASB: "I thought age should speak, And increased years should teach wisdom. (NASB ©1995)
GWT: I thought, 'Age should speak, and experience should teach wisdom.'(GOD'S WORD®)
KJV: I said, Days should speak, and multitude of years should teach wisdom.
ASV: I said, Days should speak, And multitude of years should teach wisdom.
BBE: I said to myself, It is right for the old to say what is in their minds, and for those who are far on in years to give out wisdom.
DBY: I said, Let days speak, and multitude of years teach wisdom.
ERV: I said, Days should speak, and multitude of years should teach wisdom.
JPS: I said: 'Days should speak, and multitude of years should teach wisdom.'
WBS: I said, Days should speak, and multitude of years should teach wisdom.
WEB: I said,'Days should speak, and multitude of years should teach wisdom.'
YLT: I said: Days do speak, And multitude of years teach wisdom.
Job 32:7 Cross References
XREF:Job 8:8 "Please inquire of past generations, And consider the things searched out by their fathers.

Job 8:9 "For we are only of yesterday and know nothing, Because our days on earth are as a shadow. (NASB ©1995)
Commentaries and Concordances
GSB: 32:7 I said, Days {e} should speak, and multitude of years should teach wisdom.
(e) Meaning, the ancient, who have experience.
MHC: 32:6-14 Elihu professes to speak by the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, and corrects both parties. He allowed that those who had the longest experience should speak first. But God gives wisdom as he pleases; this encouraged him to state his opinion. By attention to the word of God, and dependence upon the Holy Spirit, young men may become wiser than the aged; but this wisdom will render them swift to hear, slow to speak, and disposed to give others a patient hearing.
CONC:Advanced Age Increased Minds Multitude Myself Speak Teach Wisdom
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