Job 32:20 · KJV
“I will speak, that I may be refreshed: I will open my lips and answer. {be...: Heb. breathe}”
— Job 32:20
Behold, my belly {is} as wine {which} hath no vent; it is ready to burst like new bottles. {hath...: Heb. is not opened}
Let me not, I pray you, accept any man's person, neither let me give flattering titles unto man.
Job 32 — Context
For 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}
21Let me not, I pray you, accept any man's person, neither let me give flattering titles unto man.
22For I know not to give flattering titles; {in so doing} my maker would soon take me away.
Cross References
Job 21:3
Suffer me that I may speak; and after that I have spoken, mock on.
Job 13:13
Hold your peace, let me alone, that I may speak, and let come on me what {will}. {Hold...: Heb. Be silent from me}
Job 20:2
Therefore do my thoughts cause me to answer, and for {this} I make haste. {I make...: Heb. my haste is in me}
Proverbs 8:6-7
Hear; for I will speak of excellent things; and the opening of my lips {shall be} right things.
Job 13:19
Who {is} he {that} will plead with me? for now, if I hold my tongue, I shall give up the ghost.