Job 32:8
Job · איוב · Ketuvim · 42 chapters · 1070 verses
Values above are for the complete verse (7 words), calculated on the consonantal written text.
וַיַּעַן אֱלִיהוּא בֶן־בַּֽרַכְאֵל הַבּוּזִי וַיֹּאמַר צָעִיר אֲנִי לְיָמִים וְאַתֶּם יְשִׁישִׁים עַל־כֵּן זָחַלְתִּי וָֽאִירָא מֵחַוֺּת דֵּעִי אֶתְכֶֽם
And Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite answered and said: I am young, and ye are very old; Wherefore I held back, and durst not declare you mine opinion.
אָמַרְתִּי יָמִים יְדַבֵּרוּ וְרֹב שָׁנִים יֹדִיעוּ חָכְמָֽה
I said: ‘Days should speak, And multitude of years should teach wisdom.’
אָכֵן רֽוּחַ־הִיא בֶאֱנוֹשׁ וְנִשְׁמַת שַׁדַּי תְּבִינֵֽם
But it is a spirit in man, And the breath of the Almighty, that giveth them understanding.
לֹֽא־רַבִּים יֶחְכָּמוּ וּזְקֵנִים יָבִינוּ מִשְׁפָּֽט
It is not the great that are wise, Nor the aged that discern judgment.
לָכֵן אָמַרְתִּי שִׁמְעָה־לִּי אֲחַוֶּה דֵּעִי אַף־אָֽנִי
Therefore I say: ‘Hearken to me; I also will declare mine opinion.’