Job 32:15-22
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
15 “They are dismayed; they answer no more;
they have not a word to say.
16 And am I to wait because they do not speak,
because they stand there and answer no more?
17 I also will give my answer;
I also will declare my opinion.
18 For I am full of words;
the spirit within me constrains me.(A)
19 My belly is indeed like wine that has no vent;
like new wineskins, it is ready to burst.(B)
20 I must speak, so that I may find relief;
I must open my lips and answer.
21 I will not show partiality to any person
or use flattery toward anyone.(C)
22 For I do not know how to flatter—
or my Maker would soon put an end to me!(D)
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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