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.
12. I paid close attention to you;And surely not one of you convinced Job,Or answered his words—
13. Lest you say,‘We have found wisdom’;God will vanquish him, not man.
14. Now he has not directed his words against me;So I will not answer him with your words.
15. “They are dismayed and answer no more;Words escape them.
16. And I have waited, because they did not speak,Because they stood still and answered no more.
17. I also will answer my part,I too will declare my opinion.
18. For I am full of words;The spirit within me compels me.
19. Indeed my belly is like wine that has no vent;It is ready to burst like new wineskins.
20. I will speak, that I may find relief;I must open my lips and answer.