Job 32:19

Job 32:19 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Behold, my belly is as wine which hath no vent; it is ready to burst like new bottles.
• New International Version (NIV)inside I am like bottled-up wine, like new wineskins ready to burst.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Behold, my belly is like wine that has no vent; like new wineskins ready to burst.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Indeed my belly is like wine that has no vent; It is ready to burst like new wineskins.

Context of Job 32:19

17No, I will say my piece. I will speak my mind. 18For I am full of pent-up words, and the spirit within me urges me on. I am like a cask of wine without a vent, like a new wineskin ready to burst! 20I must speak to find relief, so let me give my answers. 21I won’t play favorites or try to flatter anyone.

Job 32:19 word by word

הִנֵּֽה־בִטְנִ֗י כְּיַ֥יִן לֹא־יִפָּתֵ֑חַ כְּאֹב֥וֹת חֲ֝דָשִׁ֗ים יִבָּקֵֽעַ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Behold, my bellyבֶּ֫טֶןbeţen · belly: abdomenH990
• as wineיַ֫יִןyayin · wineH3196
• hath no ventפָּתַחpâthach · to openH6605
• it is ready to burstבָּקַעbâqa‛ · to break up/openH1234
• like newחָדָשׁchâdâsh · newH2319
• bottlesאוֹב'ôb · mediumH178

Cross-references for Job 32:19

• Matthew 9:17“And no one puts new wine into old wineskins. For the old skins would burst from the pressure, spilling the wine and ruining the skins. New wine is stored in new wineskins so that both are preserved.”

Commentaries on Job 32:19

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 19My belly is as wine which hath no vent - New wine in a state of effervescence. Like new bottles - Bottles, or rather bags, made of goat-skins. The head and shanks being cut off, the animal is cased out of the skin. The skin is then properly dressed; the anus and four shank holes properly tied up; and an aperture left at the neck or in some other place for the liquor to be poured in, and drawn out. One of these now lies before me, well tanned, and…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 19Behold, my belly is as wine which hath no vent - Margin, as in Hebrew, “is not opened” - לאיפתח lo' yipâthach The repherence is to a bottle, in which there is no opening, or no vent phor the phermenting wine to work itselph ophph. It is usual to leave a small hole in barrels and casks when wine, cider, or beer is phermenting. This is necessary in order to prevent the cask phrom bursting. Elihu compares himselph to a bottle in which new wine bad been put…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 15-22Verses 15-22 If we are sure that the Spirit of God suggested what we are about to say, still we ought to refrain, till it comes to our turn to speak. God is the God of order, not of confusion. It is great refreshment to a good man, to speak for the glory of the Lord, and to edify others. And the more we consider the majesty of God, as our Maker, and the more we dread his wrath and justice, the less shall we sinfully fear or flatter men. Could we set the…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 18-20The length of Elihu’s speech shows he had many words to share (32:1–37:24). Elihu probably believed the spirit (Hebrew ruakh) within him urged him to speak (32:8, 19–20; Psalm 39:3). But the reader might regard him as just full of wind (an alternate meaning of the Hebrew ruakh; see study note on Job 15:2–3). Like Zophar, Elihu needed to speak to find relief (compare 20:2).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1919. belly--bosom: from which the words of Orientalists in speaking seem to come more than with us; they speak gutturally. "Like (new) wine (in fermentation) without a vent," to work itself off. New wine is kept in new goatskin bottles. This fittingly applies to the young Elihu, as contrasted with the old friends (Mt 9:7).Read the comment

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Commentaries on Job 32

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings