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15 “They are amazed. They answer no more.
    They don’t have a word to say.
16 Shall I wait, because they don’t speak,
    because they stand still, and answer no more?
17 I also will answer my part,
    and I also will show my opinion.
18 For I am full of words.
    The spirit within me constrains me.
19 Behold, my breast is as wine which has no vent;
    like new wineskins it is ready to burst.
20 I will speak, that I may be refreshed.
    I will open my lips and answer.
21 Please don’t let me respect any man’s person,
    neither will I give flattering titles to any man.
22 For I don’t know how to give flattering titles,
    or else my Maker would soon take me away.

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15 “Job’s friends[a] won’t reason with him anymore;
    discouraged, words escape them.
16 Shall I continue to wait, since they’re no longer talking?
    After all, they’re only standing there;
        they’re no longer responding.

17 “I will contribute my arguments[b] as an answer;
    I’ll declare what I know,
18 because I’m filled with things to say,
    and my spirit within me compels me to speak.[c]
19 My insides feel like unvented wine,
    like it’s about to burst like a new wineskin.

20 “Let me speak! I need relief!
    Let me open my lips and respond.
21 I won’t discriminate against anyone,
    and I won’t flatter any person,
22 since I don’t know the first thing about how to flatter;
    and the one who made me would sweep me away
        as if I were nothing.”

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Footnotes

  1. Job 32:15 Lit. They
  2. Job 32:17 Lit. portion
  3. Job 32:18 The Heb. lacks to speak