Job 32:18 · KJV
“For I am full of matter, the spirit within me constraineth me. {matter: Heb. words} {spirit...: Heb. spirit of my belly}”
— Job 32:18
{I said}, I will answer also my part, I also will shew mine opinion.
Behold, my belly {is} as wine {which} hath no vent; it is ready to burst like new bottles. {hath...: Heb. is not opened}
Job 32 — Context
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 shew mine opinion.
18For I am full of matter, the spirit within me constraineth me. {matter: Heb. words} {spirit...: Heb. spirit of my belly}
19Behold, my belly {is} as wine {which} hath no vent; it is ready to burst like new bottles. {hath...: Heb. is not opened}
20I will speak, that I may be refreshed: I will open my lips and answer. {be...: Heb. breathe}
Cross References
Psalms 39:3
My heart was hot within me, while I was musing the fire burned: {then} spake I with my tongue,
Acts 4:20
For we cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard.
Ezekiel 3:14-27
So the spirit lifted me up, and took me away, and I went in bitterness, in the heat of my spirit; but the hand of the LORD was strong upon me. {in bitterness: Heb. bitter} {heat: Heb. hot anger}
Jeremiah 20:9
Then I said, I will not make mention of him, nor speak any more in his name. But {his word} was in mine heart as a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I was weary with forbearing, and I could not {stay}.
2 Corinthians 5:13-14
For whether we be beside ourselves, {it is} to God: or whether we be sober, {it is} for your cause.