9Great men are not always wise: neither do the aged understand judgment.
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Better is a poor and a wise child than an old and foolish king, who will no more be admonished.
At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes.
He removeth away the speech of the trusty, and taketh away the understanding of the aged.
For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called: …
But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom, which God ordained before the world unto our glory: …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 6-14)Elihu here appears to have been, I. A man of great modesty and humility. Though a young man, and a man of abilities, yet not pert, and confident, and assuming: his face shone, and, like Moses, he did not know it, which made it shine so much the brighter. Let it be observed by all, especially by young people, as worthy their imitation, 1. What a diffidence he had of himself and of his own judgment…
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