Then King Rehoboam consulted with the elders who had served his father Solomon while he was alive, saying, “How do you advise me to answer this people?”
Job 32:7 - Tree of Life Version I thought, ‘Let days speak, and many years teach wisdom.’ Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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 King Rehoboam consulted with the elders who had served his father Solomon while he was alive, saying, “How do you advise me to answer this people?”
Both gray-haired and aged are with us, men even older than your father.
It is not only the aged who are wise or old men who understand justice.
I have gained more understanding than all my elders, for I have kept Your precepts.
For although you ought to be teachers by this time, again you need someone to teach you the basics of God’s sayings. You have come to need milk, not solid food.