Job 32:6 - Revised Standard Version And Elihu the 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. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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 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) 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 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 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 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. |
Both the gray-haired and the aged are among us, older than your father.
“Are you the first man that was born? Or were you brought forth before the hills?
Then Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite, of the family of Ram, became angry. He was angry at Job because he justified himself rather than God;
And when Elihu saw that there was no answer in the mouth of these three men, he became angry.
“You shall rise up before the hoary head, and honor the face of an old man, and you shall fear your God: I am the Lord.
Pay all of them their dues, 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 rebuke an older man but exhort him as you would a father; treat younger men like brothers,
Likewise you that are younger be subject to the elders. Clothe yourselves, all of you, with humility toward one another, for “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”