Job 32:15-22

International Children’s Bible

¹⁵ “These three friends are defeated and have no more to say.
    Words have failed them.
¹⁶ Now they are standing there with no answer for Job.
    Now that they are quiet, must I wait to speak?
¹⁷ No, I also will speak.
    I will also tell what I know.
¹⁸ I am full of words.
    And the spirit in me causes me to speak.
¹⁹ I am like wine that has been bottled up.
    I am ready to burst like a new leather bag for holding wine.
²⁰ I must speak. Then I will feel relief.
    I must open my mouth and answer.
²¹ I will be fair to everyone.
    I will not flatter anyone.
²² I don’t know how to flatter.
    If I did, God, my Maker, would quickly take me away.