Job 32 — GMV
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Verse 1
And his three friends also ceased any longer to answer Job:
Verse 2
Then Elihu the son of Barachel, the Buzite,
Verse 3
And he was also very angry with his three friends,
Verse 4
But Elihu had forborne to give an answer to Job,
Verse 5
And Elihu saw that there was no answer
Verse 6
And Elihu the Buzite the son of Barachel answered and said,
Verse 7
And I said, It is not time that speaks,
Verse 8
But there is a spirit in mortals;
Verse 9
The long-lived are not wise as such;
Verse 10
Wherefore I said, Hear me,
Verse 11
Hearken to my words; for I will speak in your hearing,
Verse 12
And I shall understand as far as you;
Verse 13
Lest ye should say, We have found that we have added wisdom to the Lord.
Verse 14
And ye have commissioned a man to speak such words.
Verse 15
They were afraid, they answered no longer;
Verse 16
I waited (for I had not spoken),
Verse 17
And Elihu continued and said,
Verse 18
for I am full of words,
Verse 19
And my belly is as a skin of sweet wine bound up and ready to burst;
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I will speak, that I may open my lips and relieve myself.
Verse 21
For truly I will not be awed because of man,
Verse 22
For I know not how to respect persons: