Job 32:15-22

New International Reader's Version

¹⁵ “Job, these men are afraid.
    They don’t have anything else to say.
    They’ve run out of words.
¹⁶ Do I have to keep on waiting, now that they are silent?
    They are just standing there with nothing to say.
¹⁷ I too have something to say.
    I too will tell what I know.
¹⁸ I’m full of words.
    My spirit inside me forces me to speak.
¹⁹ Inside I’m like wine that is bottled up.
    I’m like new wineskins ready to burst.
²⁰ I must speak so I can feel better.
    I must open my mouth and reply.
²¹ I’ll treat everyone the same.
    I won’t praise anyone without meaning it.
²² If I weren’t honest when I praised people,
    my Maker would soon take me from this life.