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Job 32

¹Because Job was convinced of his own innocence, the three men gave up trying to answer him.

²But a bystander named Elihu could not control his anger any longer, because Job was justifying himself and blaming God. (Elihu was the son of Barakel, a descendant of Buz, and belonged to the clan of Ram.)

³He was also angry with Job's three friends. They could not find any way to answer Job, and this made it appear that God was in the wrong.

⁴Because Elihu was the youngest one there, he had waited until everyone finished speaking.

⁵When he saw that the three men could not answer Job, he was angry

⁶and began to speak. I am young, and you are old, so I was afraid to tell you what I think.

⁷I told myself that you ought to speak, that you older men should share your wisdom.

⁸But it is the spirit of Almighty God that comes to us and gives us wisdom.

⁹It is not growing old that makes us wise or helps us to know what is right.

¹⁰So now I want you to listen to me; let me tell you what I think.

¹¹I listened patiently while you were speaking and waited while you searched for wise phrases.

¹²I paid close attention and heard you fail; you have not disproved what Job has said.

¹³How can you claim you have discovered wisdom? God must answer Job, for you have failed.

¹⁴Job was speaking to you, not to me, but I would never answer the way you did.

¹⁵Words have failed them, Job; they have no answer for you.

¹⁶Shall I go on waiting when they are silent? They stand there with nothing more to say.

¹⁷No, I will give my own answer now and tell you what I think.

¹⁸I can hardly wait to speak. I can't hold back the words.

¹⁹If I don't get a chance to speak, I will burst like a wineskin full of new wine.

²⁰I can't stand it; I have to speak.

²¹I will not take sides in this debate; I am not going to flatter anyone.

²²I don't know how to flatter, and God would quickly punish me if I did.