6. So Elihu, son of Barachel, the descendant of Buz, replied ⌊to Job⌋,“I am young, and you are old.That’s why I refrained from speakingand was afraid to tell you what I know.
7. I thought, ‘Age should speak,and experience should teach wisdom.’
8. However, there is in humans a Spirit,the breath of the Almighty, that gives them understanding.
9. People do not become wise merely because they live long.They don’t understand what justice is merely because they’re old.
10. “That is why I say, ‘Listen to me!Let me tell you what I know.’
11. I waited for you to speak.I listened for you to share your understandinguntil you could find the right words.
12. I’ve paid close attention to you,but none of you refuted Job.None of you has an answer to what he says.
13. So don’t say, ‘We’ve found wisdom.Let God, not humans, defeat him.’
14. Job did not choose his words to refute me,so I won’t answer him with your speeches.