Job 32:18
For I am full of words, and my spirit within me compels me.
BSB
ASV
For I am full of words; The spirit within me constraineth me.
KJV
For I am full of matter, the spirit within me constraineth me.
I am full of words, the spirit of my womb constraineth me. Behold, my belly is as new wine without a vent, which bursts in sunder new vessels. I will speak, and will take breath awhile; I will open my lips and answer. When boastful men observe that holy preachers speak eloquently, and are reverenced for their eloquence, they frequently imitate the loftiness of their language, and not their useful intention. They are far from loving what the others desire, but are especially anxious to gain great renown amongst men.
I am full of matter - מלים millim, “I am full of Words,” or sayings; i.e., wise sentences, and ancient opinions. The spirit within me constraineth me - How similar to the words of St. Paul! The love of Christ constraineth us. Elihu considered himself under the influence of that Spirit of God which gives understanding, and felt anxiously concerned for the welfare both of Job and his friends.
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Jeremiah 20:9If I say, “I will not mention Him or speak any more in His name,” His message becomes a fire burning in my heart, shut up in my bones, and I become weary of…
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My heart grew hot within me; as I mused, the fire burned. Then I spoke with my tongue:
Yet when I preach the gospel, I have no reason to boast, because I am obligated to preach. Woe to me if I do not preach the gospel!
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For I am full of words, and my spirit within me compels me.
For we cannot stop speaking about what we have seen and heard.”
While Paul was waiting for them in Athens, he was deeply disturbed in his spirit to see that the city was full of idols.
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Acts 4:20For we cannot stop speaking about what we have seen and heard.”
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If I say, “I will not mention Him or speak any more in His name,” His message becomes a fire burning in my heart, shut up in my bones, and I become weary of…
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You will be His witness to everyone of what you have seen and heard.
That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our own eyes, which we have gazed upon and touched with our own hands—this is the Word of life.