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Job 32

Good News Translation GNT

1 Because Job was convinced of his own innocence, the three men gave up trying to answer him.

2 But a bystander named Elihu could not control his anger any longer, because Job was justifying himself and blaming God. (Elihu was the son of Barakel, a descendant of Buz, and belonged to the clan of Ram.)

3 He was also angry with Job's three friends. They could not find any way to answer Job, and this made it appear that God was in the wrong.

4 Because Elihu was the youngest one there, he had waited until everyone finished speaking.

5 When he saw that the three men could not answer Job, he was angry

6 and began to speak. I am young, and you are old, so I was afraid to tell you what I think.

7 I told myself that you ought to speak, that you older men should share your wisdom.

8 But it is the spirit of Almighty God that comes to us and gives us wisdom.

9 It is not growing old that makes us wise or helps us to know what is right.

10 So now I want you to listen to me; let me tell you what I think.

11 I listened patiently while you were speaking and waited while you searched for wise phrases.

12 I paid close attention and heard you fail; you have not disproved what Job has said.

13 How can you claim you have discovered wisdom? God must answer Job, for you have failed.

14 Job was speaking to you, not to me, but I would never answer the way you did.

15 Words have failed them, Job; they have no answer for you.

16 Shall I go on waiting when they are silent? They stand there with nothing more to say.

17 No, I will give my own answer now and tell you what I think.

18 I can hardly wait to speak. I can't hold back the words.

19 If I don't get a chance to speak, I will burst like a wineskin full of new wine.

20 I can't stand it; I have to speak.

21 I will not take sides in this debate; I am not going to flatter anyone.

22 I don't know how to flatter, and God would quickly punish me if I did.

Revised Standard Version RSV

1 So these three men ceased to answer Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes.

2 Then Eli'hu the son of Bar'achel the Buzite, of the family of Ram, became angry. He was angry at Job because he justified himself rather than God;

3 he was angry also at Job's three friends because they had found no answer, although they had declared Job to be in the wrong.

4 Now Eli'hu had waited to speak to Job because they were older than he.

5 And when Eli'hu saw that there was no answer in the mouth of these three men, he became angry.

6 And Eli'hu the son of Bar'achel the Buzite answered: "I am young in years, and you are aged; therefore I was timid and afraid to declare my opinion to you.

7 I said, 'Let days speak, and many years teach wisdom.'

8 But it is the spirit in a man, the breath of the Almighty, that makes him understand.

9 It is not the old that are wise, nor the aged that understand what is right.

10 Therefore I say, 'Listen to me; let me also declare my opinion.'

11 "Behold, I waited for your words, I listened for your wise sayings, while you searched out what to say.

12 I gave you my attention, and, behold, there was none that confuted Job, or that answered his words, among you.

13 Beware lest you say, 'We have found wisdom; God may vanquish him, not man.'

14 He has not directed his words against me, and I will not answer him with your speeches.

15 "They are discomfited, they answer no more; they have not a word to say.

16 And shall I wait, because they do not speak, because they stand there, and answer no more?

17 I also will give my answer; I also will declare my opinion.

18 For I am full of words, the spirit within me constrains me.

19 Behold, my heart is like wine that has no vent; like new wineskins, it is ready to burst.

20 I must speak, that I may find relief; I must open my lips and answer.

21 I will not show partiality to any person or use flattery toward any man.

22 For I do not know how to flatter, else would my Maker soon put an end to me.