長者不一定有智慧，年老不一定明白是非。

尊贵的不都有智慧；寿高的不都能明白公平。

寿高的不都有智慧，年老的不都明白公平。

寿高的不都有智慧，年老的不都明白公平。

长者不一定有智慧，年老不一定明白是非。

年纪大的不都有智慧，年老的不都能明白是非，

尊貴的不都有智慧；壽高的不都能明白公平。

壽高的不都有智慧，年老的不都明白公平。

壽高的不都有智慧，年老的不都明白公平。

年紀大的不都有智慧，年老的不都能明白是非，

年紀大的不都有智慧；老邁的不都能明白是非。

尊者不盡有智、老者不盡明義、

大人睿智、老者達道、未必盡然。

年邁者年邁者或作尊者不盡有智慧、壽高者不盡能辯是非、

It is not only the old who are wise, not only the aged who understand what is right.

Older people aren’t the only ones who are wise. They aren’t the only ones who understand what is right.

It is not the old who are wise, nor the aged who understand what is right.

Sometimes the elders are not wise. Sometimes the aged do not understand justice.

It is not only the old who are wise or the elderly who understand how to judge.

The abundant in years may not be wise, Nor may elders understand justice.

Great men are not always wise, Nor do the aged always understand justice.

It is not the great that are wise, Nor the aged that understand justice.

It is not only the old who are wise or the elderly who understand how to judge.

Great men are not[ always] wise: neither do the aged understand judgment.

It is not the aged who are wise, nor old men who understand what is right.

It is not the great who are wise, nor the aged who understand justice.

那時，耶穌說：「父啊，天地的主，我頌讚你，因為你把這些事向聰明、有學問的人隱藏起來，卻啟示給像孩童一般的人。

祂奪去智者的口才，祂拿走長者的洞見。

你們反倒侮辱窮人。其實欺壓你們、抓你們上法庭的不是那些富人嗎？不正是他們褻瀆你們所敬奉的尊名嗎？

貧窮但有智慧的青年，勝過年老、愚昧、不再納諫的君王。

我們所講的是上帝隱藏在奧祕中的智慧，是祂為了使我們得榮耀而在萬世以前定好的智慧。只可惜世上當權的人沒有一個明白這智慧。他們要是明白，就不會把榮耀的主釘在十字架上了。

弟兄姊妹，想想你們蒙召時的情形。按人的標準來衡量，你們當中稱得上有智慧的不多，有能力的不多，出身名門望族的也不多。但上帝揀選了世人看為愚昧的，要使智者羞愧；上帝揀選了世上軟弱的，要使強者蒙羞；

哪有官長和法利賽人信祂呢？

我要找他們的首領說話，因為這些首領明白耶和華的道，知道他們上帝的法令。」然而，他們卻一致違背耶和華的律法，不服從祂的法令。