7. I thought, ‘Let days speak, and let many years teach wisdom.’
8. “Truly, it is a spirit in a human being, and the breath of Shaddai teaches them.
9. It is not the aged who are wise, or it is not the elders who understand justice.
10. Therefore I say, ‘Listen to me; let me also declare my knowledge myself.’
11. “Look, I waited for your words; I listened for your insight, until you searched out what to say.
12. And I directed my attention to you; and, look, there is no one for Job who refuted, answering his words among you.
13. So do not say, ‘We have found wisdom; let God refute him, not a man.’
14. But he did not direct his words to me, and I will not answer him with your words.
15. “They are dismayed; they no longer answer; they have nothing to say.
16. And I have waited because they do not speak, because they stand there and no longer answer.
17. I myself will answer my share also; I myself will declare my knowledge also,