"Behold, my belly {is} as wine {which} hath no vent; it is ready to burst like new bottles. {hath...: Heb. is not opened}" — Job 32:19

Job 32:19 · KJV

“Behold, my belly {is} as wine {which} hath no vent; it is ready to burst like new bottles. {hath...: Heb. is not opened}”

— Job 32:19

Verse 18

For I am full of matter, the spirit within me constraineth me. {matter: Heb. words} {spirit...: Heb. spirit of my belly}

Verse 20

I will speak, that I may be refreshed: I will open my lips and answer. {be...: Heb. breathe}

Job 32 — Context

{I said}, I will answer also my part, I also will shew mine opinion.

For I am full of matter, the spirit within me constraineth me. {matter: Heb. words} {spirit...: Heb. spirit of my belly}

Behold, my belly {is} as wine {which} hath no vent; it is ready to burst like new bottles. {hath...: Heb. is not opened}

I will speak, that I may be refreshed: I will open my lips and answer. {be...: Heb. breathe}

Let me not, I pray you, accept any man's person, neither let me give flattering titles unto man.

Cross References

Matthew 9:17

Neither do men put new wine into old bottles: else the bottles break, and the wine runneth out, and the bottles perish: but they put new wine into new bottles, and both are preserved. {bottles: or, sacks of skin, or, leather}

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