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| 32:1 |
So these three men ceased to answer Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes.
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| 32:2 |
Then Eli'hu the son of Bar'achel the Buzite, of the family of Ram, became angry. He was angry at Job because he justified himself rather than God;
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| 32:3 |
he was angry also at Job's three friends because they had found no answer, although they had declared Job to be in the wrong.
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| 32:4 |
Now Eli'hu had waited to speak to Job because they were older than he.
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| 32:5 |
And when Eli'hu saw that there was no answer in the mouth of these three men, he became angry.
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| 32:6 |
And Eli'hu the son of Bar'achel the Buzite answered: 'I am young in years, and you are aged;therefore I was timid and afraid to declare my opinion to you.
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| 32:7 |
I said, Let days speak, and many years teach wisdom.'
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| 32:8 |
But it is the spirit in a man, the breath of the Almighty, that makes him understand.
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| 32:9 |
It is not the old that are wise, nor the aged that understand what is right.
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| 32:10 |
Therefore I say, Listen to me;let me also declare my opinion.'
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| 32:11 |
'Behold, I waited for your words, I listened for your wise sayings, while you searched out what to say.
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| 32:12 |
I gave you my attention, and, behold, there was none that confuted Job, or that answered his words, among you.
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| 32:13 |
Beware lest you say, We have found wisdom;God may vanquish him, not man.'
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| 32:14 |
He has not directed his words against me, and I will not answer him with your speeches.
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| 32:15 |
'They are discomfited, they answer no more;they have not a word to say.
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| 32:16 |
And shall I wait, because they do not speak, because they stand there, and answer no more?
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| 32:17 |
I also will give my answer;I also will declare my opinion.
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| 32:18 |
For I am full of words, the spirit within me constrains me.
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| 32:19 |
Behold, my heart is like wine that has no vent;like new wineskins, it is ready to burst.
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| 32:20 |
I must speak, that I may find relief;I must open my lips and answer.
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| 32:21 |
I will not show partiality to any person or use flattery toward any man.
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| 32:22 |
For I do not know how to flatter, else would my Maker soon put an end to me.
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