Job 32:1–22

¹So these three men ceased from answering Job, for he was righteous in his own eyes.²But the anger of E‧li′hu the son of Bar′a‧chel the Buz′ite of the family of Ram came to be hot. Against Job his anger blazed over his declaring his own soul righteous rather than God.³Also, against his three companions his anger blazed over the fact that they had not found an answer but they proceeded to pronounce God wicked.⁴And E‧li′hu himself had waited for Job with words, because they were older than he was in days.⁵And E‧li′hu gradually saw that there was no answer in the mouth of the three men, and his anger kept getting hotter.⁶And E‧li′hu the son of Bar′a‧chel the Buz′ite proceeded to answer and say:

“Young I am in days
And ​YOU​ men are aged.
That is why I drew back and was afraid
To declare my knowledge to ​YOU​ men.

⁷I said, ‘Days themselves should speak,
And a multitude of years are what should make wisdom known.’

⁸Surely it is the spirit in mortal men
And the breath of the Almighty [that] gives them understanding.

⁹It is not those merely abundant in days that prove wise,
Nor those just old that understand judgment.

¹⁰Therefore I said, ‘Do listen to me.
I shall declare my knowledge, even I.’

¹¹Look! I have waited for the words of ​YOU​ men,
I kept giving ear to ​YOUR​ reasonings,
Until ​YOU​ could search for words [to say].

¹²And to ​YOU​ I kept my attention turned,
And here there is no one reproving Job,
None of ​YOU​ answering his sayings,
¹³That ​YOU​ may not say, ‘We have found wisdom;
It is God that drives him away, not a man.’

¹⁴As he has not arrayed words against me,
So with the sayings of ​YOU​ men I shall not reply to him.

¹⁵They have been terrified, they have answered no more;
Words have moved away from them.

¹⁶And I have waited, for they do not continue speaking;
For they stood still, they answered no more.

¹⁷I shall give in answer my part, even I;
I shall declare my knowledge, even I;
¹⁸For I have become full of words;
Spirit has brought pressure upon me in my belly.

¹⁹Look! My belly is like wine that has no vent;
Like new skin bottles it wants to burst open.

²⁰Let me speak that it may be a relief to me.
I shall open my lips that I may answer.

²¹Let me not, please, show partiality to a man;
And on an earthling man I shall not bestow a title;
²²For I certainly do not know how I can bestow a title;
Easily my Maker would carry me away.