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Job 32:18 — Meaning and Application
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" For I am full of matter, the spirit within me constraineth "
Job 32:18
Verse in Context
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When I had waited, (for they spake not, but stood still, and answered
I said, I will answer also my part, I also will shew mine opinion.
For I am full of matter, the spirit within me constraineth
Behold, my belly is as wine which hath no vent; it is ready to burst like new bottles.
I will speak, that I may be refreshed: I will open my lips and answer.
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Job 32:1
"So these three men ceased to answer Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes."
Job 32:2
"Then was kindled the wrath of Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite, of the kindred of Ram: against Job was his wrath kindled, because he justified himself rather than God."
Job 32:3
"Also against his three friends was his wrath kindled, because they had found no answer, and yet had condemned Job."
Job 32:4
"Now Elihu had waited till Job had spoken, because they were elder"
Job 32:5
"When Elihu saw that there was no answer in the mouth of these three men, then his wrath was kindled."
Job 32:6
"And Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite answered and said, I am young, and ye are very old; wherefore I was afraid, and durst not shew you mine opinion."
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