en_cjb - Job 32 - Ozzuu Bible

¹ So these three men stopped trying to answer Iyov, because he remained convinced of his own righteousness.

² But then the anger of Elihu the son of Barakh’el the Buzi, from the family of Ram, blazed up against Iyov for thinking he was right and God wrong.

³ His anger also blazed up against his three friends, because they had found no answer to Iyov but condemned him anyway.

⁴ Elihu had waited to speak to Iyov because they were older than he;

⁵ however, when Elihu saw that these three had no answer, his anger flared up.

⁶ Elihu the son of Barakh’el the Buzi said: “I am young, and you are old, so I held back from telling you my opinion.

⁷ I said, ‘Age should speak; an abundance of years should teach wisdom.’

⁸ But it is the spirit in a person, the breath from Shaddai, that gives him understanding —

⁹ it isn’t [only] the great who are wise or the aged who know how to judge.

¹⁰ Therefore, I say, listen to me; I too will express my opinion.

¹¹ “Here, I waited for your words, I listened to your reasoning, as you were searching for what to say.

¹² I paid attention to you, but none of you convicted Iyov or refuted his arguments.

¹³ So don’t say, ‘We found the wise course — Let God defeat him, not a human being.’

¹⁴ For he did not direct his words against me, and I won’t answer him with your arguments.

¹⁵ “They are confused, they don’t reply, words have failed them.

¹⁶ But must I wait just because they don’t speak, just because they stand there, stuck for an answer?

¹⁷ No, I will now give my answer; I too will express my opinion.

¹⁸ For I am full of words; the spirit within me compels me.

¹⁹ Yes, my insides feel like new wine under pressure, like new wineskins ready to burst.

²⁰ I must speak, to find relief; I will open my lips and answer.

²¹ I will show no favor to anyone, and I will flatter no one;

²² I don’t know how to flatter; if I did, my maker would soon put an end to me.