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Job 32:9-11
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9 It is not the aged[a] who are wise,
nor old men who understand what is right.
10 Therefore I say, ‘Listen[b] to me.
I, even I, will explain what I know.’
11 Look, I waited for you to speak;[c]
I listened closely to your wise thoughts,[d] while you were searching for words.

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  1. Job 32:9 tn The MT has “the great” or “the many,” meaning great in years according to the parallelism.
  2. Job 32:10 tc In most Hebrew mss this imperative is singular, and so addressed to Job. But two Hebrew mss and the versions have the plural. Elihu was probably addressing all of them.
  3. Job 32:11 tn Heb “for your words.”
  4. Job 32:11 tn The word means “understanding.” It refers to the faculty of perception and comprehension, but it also can refer to what that produces, especially when it is in the plural (see Ps 49:4). See R. Gordis, Job, 368. Others translate it “reasonings,” “arguments,” etc.
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