Job 32:11-22

11 I waited while you spoke, I listened to your reasoning; while you were searching for words,
12 I gave you my full attention. But not one of you has proved Job wrong; none of you has answered his arguments.
13 Do not say, ‘We have found wisdom; let God, not a man, refute him.’
14 But Job has not marshaled his words against me, and I will not answer him with your arguments.
15 “They are dismayed and have no more to say; words have failed them.
16 Must I wait, now that they are silent, now that they stand there with no reply?
17 I too will have my say; I too will tell what I know.
18 For I am full of words, and the spirit within me compels me;
19 inside I am like bottled-up wine, like new wineskins ready to burst.
20 I must speak and find relief; I must open my lips and reply.
21 I will show no partiality, nor will I flatter anyone;
22 for if I were skilled in flattery, my Maker would soon take me away.

Cross References 15

  • 1. ver 3
  • 2. S Job 4:12; S Ecclesiastes 9:11; Jeremiah 9:23
  • 3. S Job 11:5
  • 4. Job 23:4
  • 5. ver 1
  • 6. S Job 5:27; Job 33:3; Job 36:4
  • 7. ver 8
  • 8. Acts 4:20; 1 Corinthians 9:16; 2 Corinthians 5:14
  • 9. Jeremiah 20:9; Amos 3:8; Matthew 9:17
  • 10. S Job 4:2; S Jeremiah 6:11
  • 11. S Leviticus 19:15; S 2 Chronicles 19:7; S Job 13:10
  • 12. Matthew 22:16
  • 13. Proverbs 29:5; 1 Thessalonians 2:5
  • 14. S Job 4:17; S Job 9:9
  • 15. Psalms 12:2-4
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