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.
Is wisdom with the aged and understanding in length of days?
The gray-haired and the aged are on our side, those older than your father.
“Are you the firstborn of the human race? Were you brought forth before the hills?
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;
But when Elihu saw that there was no answer in the mouths of these three men, he became angry.
Then Elihu continued and said:
Elihu continued and said:
“You shall rise before the aged and defer to the old, and you shall fear your God: I am the Lord.
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.
Do not speak harshly to an older man, but speak to him as to a father, to younger men as brothers,
Likewise, urge the younger men to be self-controlled
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.”