Job 32:20
I must speak and find relief; I must open my lips and respond.
BSB
ASV
I will speak, that I may be refreshed; I will open my lips and answer.
KJV
I will speak, that I may be refreshed: I will open my lips and answer.
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Job 13:13Be silent, and I will speak. Then let come to me what may.
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Therefore I will not restrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.
Bear with me while I speak; then, after I have spoken, you may go on mocking.
“I loathe my own life; I will express my complaint and speak in the bitterness of my soul.
If only you would remain silent; for that would be your wisdom!
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Job 13:19Can anyone indict me? If so, I will be silent and die.
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Be silent, and I will speak. Then let come to me what may.
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Because the Lord GOD helps Me, I have not been disgraced; therefore I have set My face like flint, and I know that I will not be put to shame.
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 will open my lips and answer - In the preceding verse Elihu compares himself to a skin-bottle, in which the wine was in a state of fermentation, and the bottle ready to burst for want of vent. He carries on the metaphor in this verse: the bottle must be opened to save it from bursting; I will Open my mouth.