Job 32:20
I will speak and take breath a little : I will open my lips, and will answer.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
I will speak, that I may be refreshed: I will open my lips and answer.
In Context
19dummy verses inserted by amos
21I will not accept the person of man, and I will not level God with man.
Cross References
Job 4:2If we begin to speak to thee, perhaps thou wilt take it ill, but who can withhold the words he hath conceived?
Job 13:19Who is he that will plead against me? let him come: why am I consumed holding my peace?
Job 21:3Suffer me, and I will speak, and after, if you please, 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 →