Job 32 Parallel Bible Translations

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1 These three men stopped answering Job because Job thought he was righteous. So these three men ceased to answer Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes. So these three men stopped answering Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes.
2 Then Elihu, son of Barachel, a descendant of Buz from the family of Ram, became very angry with Job because Job thought he was more righteous than God. Then Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite, of the family of Ram, burned with anger. He burned with anger at Job because he justified himself rather than God. But Elihu son of Barakel the Buzite, of the family of Ram, became very angry with Job for justifying himself rather than God.
3 Elihu was also very angry with Job's three friends because they had found no answer. They made it look as if God were wrong. He burned with anger also at Job’s three friends because they had found no answer, although they had declared Job to be in the wrong. He was also angry with the three friends, because they had found no way to refute Job, and yet had condemned him.
4 Elihu waited as they spoke to Job because they were older than he was. Now Elihu had waited to speak to Job because they were older than he. Now Elihu had waited before speaking to Job because they were older than he.
5 When Elihu saw that the three men had no further responses, he became very angry. The Reason for Elihu's Discourse And when Elihu saw that there was no answer in the mouth of these three men, he burned with anger. But when he saw that the three men had nothing more to say, his anger was aroused.
6 So Elihu, son of Barachel, the descendant of Buz, replied [to Job], |I am young, and you are old. That's why I refrained from speaking and was afraid to tell you what I know. And Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite answered and said: “I am young in years, and you are aged; therefore I was timid and afraid to declare my opinion to you. So Elihu son of Barakel the Buzite said: “I am young in years, and you are old; that is why I was fearful, not daring to tell you what I know.
7 I thought, 'Age should speak, and experience should teach wisdom.' I said, ‘Let days speak, and many years teach wisdom.’ I thought, ‘Age should speak; advanced years should teach wisdom.’
8 However, there is in humans a Spirit, the breath of the Almighty, that gives them understanding. But it is the spirit in man, the breath of the Almighty, that makes him understand. But it is the spirit in a person, the breath of the Almighty, that gives them understanding.
9 People do not become wise merely because they live long. They don't understand what justice is merely because they're old. It is not the old who are wise, nor the aged who understand what is right. It is not only the old who are wise, not only the aged who understand what is right.
10 |That is why I say, 'Listen to me! Let me tell you what I know.' Therefore I say, ‘Listen to me; let me also declare my opinion.’ “Therefore I say: Listen to me; I too will tell you what I know.
11 I waited for you to speak. I listened for you to share your understanding until you could find the right words. “Behold, I waited for your words, I listened for your wise sayings, while you searched out what to say. I waited while you spoke, I listened to your reasoning; while you were searching for words,
12 I've paid close attention to you, but none of you refuted Job. None of you has an answer to what he says. I gave you my attention, and, behold, there was none among you who refuted Job or who answered his words. I gave you my full attention. But not one of you has proved Job wrong; none of you has answered his arguments.
13 So don't say, 'We've found wisdom. Let God, not humans, defeat him.' Beware lest you say, ‘We have found wisdom; God may vanquish him, not a man.’ Do not say, ‘We have found wisdom; let God, not a man, refute him.’
14 Job did not choose his words to refute me, so I won't answer him with your speeches. He has not directed his words against me, and I will not answer him with your speeches. But Job has not marshaled his words against me, and I will not answer him with your arguments.
15 |Job's friends have been overwhelmed and don't have any more answers. They don't have another word to say. “They are dismayed; they answer no more; they have not a word to say. “They are dismayed and have no more to say; words have failed them.
16 Should I wait because they don't speak, because they stand there and don't have any more answers? And shall I wait, because they do not speak, because they stand there, and answer no more? Must I wait, now that they are silent, now that they stand there with no reply?
17 |I'll give my answer. I'll tell you what I know. I also will answer with my share; I also will declare my opinion. I too will have my say; I too will tell what I know.
18 I'm full of words. The Spirit within me forces me [to speak]. For I am full of words; the spirit within me constrains me. For I am full of words, and the spirit within me compels me;
19 My belly is like [a bottle of] wine that has not been opened, like new wineskins that are ready to burst. Behold, my belly is like wine that has no vent; like new wineskins ready to burst. inside I am like bottled-up wine, like new wineskins ready to burst.
20 I must speak to get relief. I must open my mouth and answer. I must speak, that I may find relief; I must open my lips and answer. I must speak and find relief; I must open my lips and reply.
21 I won't be partial toward anyone or flatter anyone. I will not show partiality to any man or use flattery toward any person. I will show no partiality, nor will I flatter anyone;
22 I don't know how to flatter. If I did, my maker would soon carry me away. For I do not know how to flatter, else my Maker would soon take me away. for if I were skilled in flattery, my Maker would soon take me away.
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