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”
Job 32:15-22
Common English Bible
15 They are troubled, no longer answer;
words now escape them.
16 I waited, but they didn’t speak,
for they stood but answered no more.
17 I will answer. Indeed, I will state[a] my piece;
I too will declare my view,
18 for I’m full of words.
The spirit in my belly compels me.
19 Look, my belly is like unopened wine;
like new wineskins it will burst.
20 I will speak and get relief;
I will open my lips and respond.
21 I won’t be partial to anyone,
won’t flatter a person;
22 for I don’t know flattery;
otherwise my maker would quickly whisk me away.
Footnotes
- Job 32:17 Heb lacks will state.
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