Job 32:20
I should speak, but I will also breathe a little; I will open my lips, and I will answer.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
I will speak, that I may be refreshed: I will open my lips and answer.
In Context
19Yes, my stomach is like fermenting wine without a vent, which bursts the new containers.
21I will not esteem the reputation of a man, and I will not equate God with man.
Cross References
Job 4:2If we start to speak to you, perhaps you will take it badly, but who can hold back the words he has conceived?
Job 13:19Who is it that will go to judgment with me? Let him approach. Why should I be consumed in silence?
Job 21:3Permit me, and I will speak, and afterwards, if you see fit, you can laugh at my words.
Matthew Henry on Job 32:16-22
15 They were amazed, they answered no more: they left off speaking. 16 When I had waited, (for they spake not, but stood still, and answered no more;) 17 I said, I will answer also my part, I also will show mine opinion. 18 For I am full of matter, the spirit within me constraineth me. 19 Behold, my belly is as wine which hath no vent; it is ready to burst like new bottles. 20 I will speak, that I may be refreshed: I will open my lips and answer. 21 Let me not, I pray you, accept any man's person, neither let me… Read the whole commentary →