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Job 32:18

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32:18For I am full of words,

and the spirit within me38 constrains me.39

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Footnotes

  1. 38 Heb “the spirit of my belly.”
  2. 39 The verb צוּק (tsuq) means “to constrain; to urge; to press.” It is used in Judg 14:17; 16:16 with the sense of wearing someone down with repeated entreaties. Elihu cannot withhold himself any longer.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

For I am full of words;

the spirit within me constrains me.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

For I am full of words,

and the spirit within me compels me;

CSBChristian Standard Bible

For I am full of words,

and my spirit compels me to speak.

NLTNew Living Translation

For I am full of pent-up words,

and the spirit within me urges me on.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

for I am full of words;

the spirit within me urges me.

KJV 1900King James Version

For I am full of matter,

The spirit within me constraineth me.