Job 32:1-11

1These three men stopped answering Job because Job thought he was righteous.

2Then Elihu, son of Barachel, a descendant of Buz from the family of Ram, became very angry with Job because Job thought he was more righteous than God.

3Elihu was also very angry with Job’s three friends because they had found no answer. They made it look as if God were wrong.

4Elihu waited as they spoke to Job because they were older than he was.

5When Elihu saw that the three men had no further responses, he became very angry.

6So Elihu, son of Barachel, the descendant of Buz, replied ⌞to Job⌟, “I am young, and you are old. That’s why I refrained from speaking and was afraid to tell you what I know.

7I thought, ‘Age should speak, and experience should teach wisdom.’

8However, there is in humans a Spirit, the breath of the Almighty, that gives them understanding.

9People do not become wise merely because they live long. They don’t understand what justice is merely because they’re old.

10“That is why I say, ‘Listen to me! Let me tell you what I know.’

11I waited for you to speak. I listened for you to share your understanding until you could find the right words.