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Job 32:8
“But there is a spirit in man, and the breath of the Almighty gives them understanding.”
Verse in context — Job 32
6
Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite answered, "I am young, and you are very old; Therefore I held back, and didn't dare show you my opinion.
7
I said, 'Days should speak, and multitude of years should teach wisdom.
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But there is a spirit in man, and the breath of the Almighty gives them understanding.
9
It is not the great who are wise, nor the aged who understand justice.
10
Therefore I said, 'Listen to me; I also will show my opinion.
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