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

(ESV)