Then Sovereign Reḥaḇ‛am consulted the elders who stood before his father Shelomoh while he still lived, saying, “What do you advise me to answer these people?”
Job 32:7 - The Scriptures 2009 I said, ‘Days should speak, and many years should teach wisdom.’ Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 I said, Days should speak, And multitude of years should teach wisdom. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition I said, Age should speak, and a multitude of years should teach wisdom [so let it be heard]. American Standard Version (1901) I said, Days should speak, And multitude of years should teach wisdom. Common English Bible I thought, Let days speak; let multiple years make wisdom known. Catholic Public Domain Version For I had hoped that greater age would speak, and that a multitude of years would teach wisdom. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version For I hoped that greater age would speak, and that a multitude of years would teach wisdom. |
Then Sovereign Reḥaḇ‛am consulted the elders who stood before his father Shelomoh while he still lived, saying, “What do you advise me to answer these people?”
Both the grey-haired and the aged are among us, much older than your father.
The multitude are not wise, nor do the aged understand right-ruling.
Grey hair is a crown of adorning, It is found in the way of righteousness.
For indeed, although by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you again the first elements of the Words of Elohim. And you have become such as need milk and not solid food.