“Great men are not always wise: neither do the aged understand judgment.”
The great are not always wise, nor do the aged always understand what is right, continuing the challenge to traditional assumptions by asserting that age fails to guarantee wisdom or moral understanding. The assertion that the great are not always wise challenges the social hierarchy. The assertion that the aged do not always understand right challenges the assumption that experience brings moral knowledge. The verse establishes that conventional wisdom about age and wisdom is false.
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