Job 32:15-22
New King James Version
15 “They are dismayed and answer no more;
Words escape them.
16 And I have waited, because they did not speak,
Because they stood still and answered no more.
17 I also will answer my part,
I too will declare my opinion.
18 For I am full of words;
The spirit within me compels me.
19 Indeed my [a]belly is like wine that has no [b]vent;
It is ready to burst like new wineskins.
20 I will speak, that I may find relief;
I must open my lips and answer.
21 Let me not, I pray, show partiality to anyone;
Nor let me flatter any man.
22 For I do not know how to flatter,
Else my Maker would soon take me (A)away.
Job 32:15-22
Lexham English Bible
15 “They are dismayed; they no longer answer;
they have nothing to say.[a]
16 And I have waited because they do not speak,
because they stand there and no longer answer.
17 I myself will answer my share also;
I myself will declare my knowledge also,
18 for I am full of words;[b]
the spirit within me[c] urges me.
19 “Look, my internal organs are like unopened wine,
like new wineskins it[d] is ready to burst open.
20 Let me speak that I may find relief;[e]
let me open my lips, and let me answer.
21 Please let me not show partiality to anyone,[f]
and let me not show flattery to human beings,
22 for I do not know how to flatter,[g]
else my Maker would soon[h] put an end to me.
Footnotes
- Job 32:15 Literally “words fail from them,” or “sentences fail from them,” or “what to say fails from them”
- Job 32:18 Or “sentences,” or “what to say”
- Job 32:18 Literally “the spirit of my stomach”
- Job 32:19 Antecedent is “wine”
- Job 32:20 Literally “and let it find relief for me”
- Job 32:21 Literally “Not please I will lift up face of a man”
- Job 32:22 Literally “I will flatter”
- Job 32:22 Literally “like little”
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