Job 32:20
Therefore will I speake, that I may take breath: I will open my lippes, and will answere.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
I will speak, that I may be refreshed: I will open my lips and answer.
In Context
19Beholde, my belly is as the wine, which hath no vent, and like the new bottels that brast.
21I will not now accept the person of man, neyther will I giue titles to man.
Cross References
Job 4:2If we assay to commune with thee, wilt thou be grieued? but who can withholde himselfe from speaking?
Job 13:19Who is he, that will pleade with me? for if I nowe holde my tongue, I dye.
Job 21:3Suffer mee, that I may speake, and when I haue spoken, mocke on.
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 →