Verse 20
Job 32:20
Literal Standard Version
20
I speak, and there is refreshment to me, || I open my lips and answer.
Original Language Text
hebrew
אֲדַבְּרָ֥ה וְ/יִֽרְוַֽח לִ֑/י אֶפְתַּ֖ח שְׂפָתַ֣/י וְ/אֶֽעֱנֶֽה
English Translation
I will speak and my mouth will open; I will unlock my lips and I will answer.
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Chapter 32 Context
1
And these three men cease from answering Job, for he is righteous in his own eyes,
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and the anger of Elihu son of Barachel the Buzite burns, of the family of Ram; his anger has burned...
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and his anger has burned against his three friends, because that they have not found an answer, and...
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And Elihu has waited earnestly beside Job with words, for they are older than he in days.
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And Elihu sees that there is no answer in the mouth of the three men, and his anger burns.
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And Elihu son of Barachel the Buzite answers and says: “I am young in days, and you are aged; Theref...
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I said, Days speak, || And a multitude of years teach wisdom.
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Surely a spirit is in man, || And the breath of the Mighty One || Causes them to understand.
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The multitude are not wise, || Nor do the aged understand judgment.
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Therefore I have said: Listen to me, I show my opinion—even I.
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Behold, I have waited for your words, I give ear to your reasons, || Until you search out sayings.
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And to you I attend, || And behold, there is no reasoner for Job, || Or answerer of his sayings amon...
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Lest you say, We have found wisdom, || God (Elohim) thrusts him away, not man.
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And he has not set words in array for me, || And I do not answer him with your sayings.
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(They have broken down, || They have not answered again, || They removed words from themselves.
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And I have waited, but they do not speak, || For they have stood still, || They have not answered an...
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I answer, even I—my share, || I show my opinion—even I.
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For I have been full of words, || The spirit of my breast has distressed me,
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Behold, my breast is as wine not opened, || It is broken up like new bottles.
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I speak, and there is refreshment to me, || I open my lips and answer.
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Please do not let me accept the face of any, || Nor give flattering titles to man,
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For I have not known to give flattering titles, || My Maker takes me away in a little.”
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