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32:1  Then these three men stopped answering Job, because he was right and good in his own eyes.
32:2  But Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite, of the family of Ram, became very angry. He was angry at Job because he said he was right with God.
32:3  And he was angry at his three friends because they had found no answer, yet they had said that Job was wrong.
32:4  Now Elihu had waited to speak to Job because they were older than he.
32:5  And when Elihu saw that there was no answer in the mouth of the three men, he was very angry.
32:6  So Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite said, “I am young, and you are old. So I did not feel that I should speak. I was afraid to tell you what I think.
32:7  I thought the older men should speak, and that the many years should teach wisdom.
32:8  But it is the spirit in a man and the breath of the All-powerful that gives him understanding.
32:9  The old may not be wise. They may not understand what is right and fair.
32:10  So I say, ‘Listen to me. I also will tell you what I think.’
32:11  “See, I waited for your words. I listened to what you said and waited to hear more from you.
32:12  I was careful to listen to you. There was no one who could prove that Job was wrong. None of you could answer his words.
32:13  Do not say, ‘We have found wisdom. God will show he is wrong, not man.’
32:14  Now Job has not spoken his words against me. And I will not answer him with your words.
32:15  “They are troubled and have no more to say. Words do not come.
32:16  Should I wait because they do not speak, because they stand there and do not answer?
32:17  I also will give my answer. I will tell what I think.
32:18  For I am full of words. The spirit within me makes me speak.
32:19  See, my stomach is like wine that cannot get out. It is ready to break like new wine bottles made of skin.
32:20  Let me speak, that I may find comfort. Let me open my lips and answer.
32:21  I will not show favor to anyone, or praise any man in a false way.
32:22  For I do not know how to say sweet-sounding words that are not true, for then my Maker would soon take me away.