6. So Elihu, the son of Barachel the Buzite, answered and said:“I am young in years, and you are very old;Therefore I was afraid,And dared not declare my opinion to you.
7. I said, ‘Age should speak,And multitude of years should teach wisdom.’
8. But there is a spirit in man,And the breath of the Almighty gives him understanding.
9. Great men are not always wise,Nor do the aged always understand justice.
10. “Therefore I say, ‘Listen to me,I also will declare my opinion.’
11. Indeed I waited for your words,I listened to your reasonings, while you searched out what to say.