Job 12:12

Modern English Version

Wisdom is with the elderly, and understanding comes with long life.

Cross References

1 Kings 12:6

King Rehoboam consulted with the old men who advised his father Solomon while he was still alive and asked, “How do you advise me to answer the people?”

Job 15:10

Both the gray-haired and very aged are among us — much older than your father.

Job 32:6

Elihu the son of Barakel the Buzite answered: “I am young, and you are very old; therefore I was afraid and dared not show you my opinion.

Job 32:7

I said, ‘Age should speak, and multitude of years should teach wisdom.’

Job 8:8

“Please, ask the former generation, and prepare yourself for what their fathers searched out;