Job 32:6 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

⁶ Elihu son of Barachel the Buzite answered: “I am young in years, and you are aged; therefore I was timid and afraid to declare my opinion to you.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁶ And Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite answered and said, I am young, and ye are very old; Wherefore I was afraid, and durst not shew you mine opinion.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁶ Then Elihu son of Barachel the Buzite said, I am young, and you are aged; for that reason I was timid and restrained and dared not declare my opinion to you.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁶ 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 show you mine opinion.

Common English Bible

⁶ Elihu son of Barachel the Buzite said: I’m young and you’re old, so I held back, afraid to express my opinion to you.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁶ And so Eliu the son of Barachel the Buzite responded by saying: I am younger in years, and you are more ancient; therefore, I kept my head low, for I was afraid to reveal to you my opinion.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁶ Then Eliu the son of Barachel the Buzite answered and said: I am younger in days, and you are more ancient; therefore hanging down my head, I was afraid to shew you my opinion.

Job 32:6 Cross References

Job 12:12

Is wisdom with the aged and understanding in length of days?

Job 15:10

The gray-haired and the aged are on our side, those older than your father.

Job 15:7

“Are you the firstborn of the human race? Were you brought forth before the hills?

Job 32:2

Then Elihu son of Barachel the Buzite, of the family of Ram, became angry. He was angry at Job because he justified himself rather than God;

Job 32:5

But when Elihu saw that there was no answer in the mouths of these three men, he became angry.

Job 34:1

Then Elihu continued and said:

Job 35:1

Elihu continued and said:

Job 36:1

Elihu continued and said:

Leviticus 19:32

“You shall rise before the aged and defer to the old, and you shall fear your God: I am the Lord.

Romans 13:7

Pay to all what is due them: taxes to whom taxes are due, revenue to whom revenue is due, respect to whom respect is due, honor to whom honor is due.

1 Timothy 5:1

Do not speak harshly to an older man, but speak to him as to a father, to younger men as brothers,

Titus 2:6

Likewise, urge the younger men to be self-controlled

1 Peter 5:5

In the same way, you who are younger must be subject to the elders. And all of you must clothe yourselves with humility in your dealings with one another, for “God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.”