Job 32 v 11–22

2026-10-02 ( When Love Is Lost, Labor Is in Vain) · Job 32 v 1–10 · Job 32 v 18

11“Behold, I waited for your words, and I listened for your reasoning, while you searched out what to say.

12Yes, I gave you my full attention, but there was no one who convinced Job, or who answered his words, among you.

13Beware lest you say, ‘We have found wisdom. God may refute him, not man;’

14for he has not directed his words against me; neither will I answer him with your speeches.

15“They are amazed. They answer no more. They don’t have a word to say.

16Shall I wait, because they don’t speak, because they stand still, and answer no more?

17I also will answer my part, and I also will show my opinion.

18For I am full of words. The spirit within me constrains me.

19Behold, my breast is as wine which has no vent; like new wineskins it is ready to burst.

20I will speak, that I may be refreshed. I will open my lips and answer.

21Please don’t let me respect any man’s person, neither will I give flattering titles to any man.

22For I don’t know how to give flattering titles, or else my Maker would soon take me away.