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32:1  So these three men ceased to answer Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes.
32:2  Then Eli′hu the son of Bar′achel the Buzite, of the family of Ram, became angry. He was angry at Job because he justified himself rather than God;
32:3  he was angry also at Job’s three friends because they had found no answer, although they had declared Job to be in the wrong.
32:4  Now Eli′hu had waited to speak to Job because they were older than he.
32:5  And when Eli′hu saw that there was no answer in the mouth of these three men, he became angry.
32:6  And Eli′hu the son of Bar′achel the Buzite answered: “I am young in years, and you are aged; therefore I was timid and afraid to declare my opinion to you.
32:7  I said, ‘Let days speak, and many years teach wisdom.’
32:8  But it is the spirit in a man, the breath of the Almighty, that makes him understand.
32:9  It is not the old that are wise, nor the aged that understand what is right.
32:10  Therefore I say, ‘Listen to me; let me also declare my opinion.’
32:11  “Behold, I waited for your words, I listened for your wise sayings, while you searched out what to say.
32:12  I gave you my attention, and, behold, there was none that confuted Job, or that answered his words, among you.
32:13  Beware lest you say, ‘We have found wisdom; God may vanquish him, not man.’
32:14  He has not directed his words against me, and I will not answer him with your speeches.
32:15  “They are discomfited, they answer no more; they have not a word to say.
32:16  And shall I wait, because they do not speak, because they stand there, and answer no more?
32:17  I also will give my answer; I also will declare my opinion.
32:18  For I am full of words, the spirit within me constrains me.
32:19  Behold, my heart is like wine that has no vent; like new wineskins, it is ready to burst.
32:20  I must speak, that I may find relief; I must open my lips and answer.
32:21  I will not show partiality to any person or use flattery toward any man.
32:22  For I do not know how to flatter, else would my Maker soon put an end to me.