Elihu Justifies His Intervention

Job 32:6-14

Elihu the son of Barakh'el the Buzi said: "I am young, and you are old, so I held back from telling you my opinion.

I said, 'Age should speak; an abundance of years should teach wisdom.'

But it is the spirit in a person, the breath from Shaddai, that gives him understanding -

it isn't [only] the great who are wise or the aged who know how to judge.

Therefore, I say, listen to me; I too will express my opinion.

"Here, I waited for your words, I listened to your reasoning, as you were searching for what to say.

I paid attention to you, but none of you convicted Iyov or refuted his arguments.

So don't say, 'We found the wise course -Let God defeat him, not a human being.'

For he did not direct his words against me, and I won't answer him with your arguments.