Job 32:6–22

6 And Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite answered and said,

I am †young, and ye are every old;

Wherefore I was afraid, and †durst not eeshew you mine fopinion.

7  I said, Days should speak,

And multitude of years should teach wisdom.

8  But there is ga spirit in man:

And hthe ginspiration of the Almighty giveth them understanding.

9  iGreat men are not always wise:

kNeither do the aged understand judgment.

10  Therefore I said, Hearken to me;

I also will shew mine fopinion.

11  Behold, I waited for your words;

I gave ear to your †reasons,

Whilst ye searched out †what to say.

12  Yea, I lattended unto you,

And, behold, there was none of you that convinced Job,

Or that answered his words:

13  Lest ye should say, We have found out wisdom:

God mthrusteth him down, not man.

14  Now he hath not ||directed his words against me:

Neither will I answer him with your speeches.

15  They were amazed, they answered no more:

†They left off speaking.

16  When I had waited, (for they spake not,

But stood still, and answered no more;)

17  nI said, I will answer also my part,

I also owill shew mine fopinion.

18  For I am full of †matter,

†The spirit within me constraineth me.

19  Behold, my belly is as wine which †hath no vent;

It is ready to burst like pnew bottles.

20  I will speak, †that I may be refreshed:

I will open my lips and answer.

21  Let me not, I pray you, qaccept any man’s person,

Neither let me rgive flattering titles unto man.

22  For I know not rto give flattering titles;

In so doing my maker would soon take me away.