Job 32:18
16 Must I wait, now that they are silent, now that they stand and no longer reply?
17 I too will answer; yes, I will declare what I know.
For I am full of words, and my spirit within me compels me.
19 Behold, my belly is like unvented wine; it is about to burst like a new wineskin.
20 I must speak and find relief; I must open my lips and respond.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- For I am full of words, and my spirit within me compels me.
- KJV
- For I am full of matter, the spirit within me constraineth me.
- WEB
- For I am full of words. The spirit within me constrains me.
- ASV
- For I am full of words; The spirit within me constraineth me.
- DARBY
- For I am full of matter, the spirit within me constraineth me.
- BLB
- For I am full of words; the spirit [in] my belly presses me.
- ÅB
- For jeg er full av ord; ånden i mitt indre driver meg.
- OTB
- For jeg er fylt med ord,
og ånden i meg driver meg til å tale. - B1930
- For jeg er full av ord; ånden i mitt indre driver mig.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 39:3
My heart grew hot within me; as I mused, the fire burned. Then I spoke with my tongue:
Read in contextActs 4:20
For we cannot stop speaking about what we have seen and heard.”
Read in contextJeremiah 20:9
If I say, “I will not mention Him or speak any more in His name,” His message becomes a fire burning in my heart, shut up in my bones, and I become weary of holding it in, and I cannot prevail.
Read in contextEzekiel 3:14–27
So the Spirit lifted me up and took me away, and I went in bitterness and in the anger of my spirit, with the strong hand of the LORD upon me.
Read in context2 Corinthians 5:13–14
If we are out of our mind, it is for God; if we are of sound mind, it is for you.
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