Berean Standard Bible

Job 32:6-22

6So ElihuH453 sonH1121 of BarachelH1292 the BuziteH940 H559 declaredH6030:

“IH589 am youngH6810 in yearsH3117,while youH859 are oldH3453;that is whyH5921 H3651 I was timidH2119 and afraidH3372to tell youH2331 what I knowH1843 .7I thoughtH559 that ageH3117 should speakH1696,and manyH7230 yearsH8141 should teachH3045 wisdomH2451.8ButH403 there is a spiritH7307 1 in a manH582,the breathH5397 of the AlmightyH7706,that gives him understandingH995.9It is not onlyH3808 the oldH7227 2 who are wiseH2449,or the elderlyH2205 who understandH995 justiceH4941.10ThereforeH3651 I sayH559, ‘ListenH8085 to me;IH589 tooH637 will declareH2331 what I knowH1843.’

11IndeedH2005, I waitedH3176 while you spokeH1697;I listenedH238 toH5704 your reasoningH8394;asH5704 you searchedH2713 for wordsH4405,12I paid you full attentionH995 H2009 H5704.But no oneH369 proved JobH347 wrongH3198;not one ofH4480 you rebuttedH6030 his argumentsH561.13So do notH6435 claimH559, ‘We have foundH4672 wisdomH2451;let GodH410, notH3808 manH376, refute himH5086.’14But Job has notH3808 directedH6186 his wordsH4405 against meH413,and I will notH3808 answer himH7725 with your argumentsH561.

15Job’s friends are dismayedH2865, with noH3808 moreH5750 to sayH6030;wordsH4405 have escapedH6275 them.16Must I waitH3176, now thatH3588 they are silentH3808 H1696,now thatH3588 they standH5975 and noH3808 longerH5750 replyH6030?17IH589 H2506 tooH637 will answerH6030;yesH637, IH589 will declareH2331 what I knowH1843.18ForH3588 I am full ofH4390 wordsH4405,and my spiritH7307 within meH990 compels meH6693.19BeholdH2009, my bellyH990 is like unventedH3808 H6605 wineH3196;it is about to burstH1234 like a newH2319 wineskinH178.20I must speakH1696 and find reliefH7304;I must openH6605 my lipsH8193 and respondH6030.21I will be partialH5375 H6440 to noH408 H4994 oneH376 H413,nor willH3808 I flatterH3655 any manH120.22ForH3588 I do notH3808 know howH3045 to flatterH3655,or my MakerH6213 would remove meH5375 in an instantH4592.

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