Verse Comparison: Job 32:9
American Standard Version
It is not the great that are wise, Nor the aged that understand justice.
Amplified® Bible
It is not the great [necessarily] who are wise, nor [always] the aged who understand justice.
Contemporary English Version
Age is no guarantee of wisdom and understanding.
Darby English Version
It is not the great that are wise; neither do the aged understand judgment.
Good News Bible
It is not growing old that makes us wise or helps us to know what is right.
King James Version
Great men are not always wise: neither do the aged understand judgment.
New American Standard Bible
"The abundant {in years} may not be wise, Nor may elders understand justice.
New International Version
It is not only the old who are wise,
not only the aged who understand what is right.
New King James Version
Great men are not always wise,
Nor do the aged always understand justice.
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"The abundant in years may not have accumulated wisdom, Nor may elders understand justice.
Revised Standard Version
It is not the old that are wise, nor the aged that understand what is right.
Young's Literal Translation
The multitude are not wise, Nor do the aged understand judgment.
