Holy Scripture
Job 32:9
A church father on this verse
“He shows that this inspiration is the special cause of wisdom on the basis of the fact that age does not perfectly cause wisdom. So he says, "It is not the old that are wise," as to the knowledge of divine truth, "nor the aged that understand what is right," as to the ordering of human acts.”
Source: Septuagint
Original
9The long-lived are not wise as such; Neither do the aged know judgment.
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7And I said, It is not time that speaks, Though in many years men know wisdom:
8But there is a spirit in mortals; And the inspiration of the Almighty is that which teaches.
— Job 32:9 —
10Wherefore I said, Hear me, And I will tell you what I know.
11Hearken to my words; for I will speak in your hearing, Until ye shall have tried the matter with words: