the Week of Proper 15 / Ordinary 20
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Job 32:20
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I must speak so that I can find relief;I must open my lips and respond.
I will speak, that I may be refreshed. I will open my lips and answer.
I will speak, that I may be refreshed: I will open my lips and answer.
I must speak, that I may find relief; I must open my lips and answer.
I must speak so I will feel relief; I must open my mouth and answer.
I will speak, so that I may find relief; I will open my lips, so that I may answer.
"I must speak so that I may get relief; I will open my lips and answer.
"Let me speak so that I may get relief; Let me open my lips and answer.
I will speak, that I may be refreshed. I will open my lips and answer.
Therefore will I speake, that I may take breath: I will open my lippes, and will answere.
Let me speak that I may get relief;Let me open my lips and answer.
I must speak and find relief; I must open my lips and respond.
I must speak, to find relief; I will open my lips and answer.
I will speak, that I may find relief; I will open my lips and answer.
I must speak so that I will feel better. I must answer your arguments.
I will speak so that I may find relief; I will open my lips and answer.
I can't stand it; I have to speak.
Let me speak that I may find relief; let me open my lips, and let me answer.
I will speak so that I may be relieved; I will open my lips and answer.
Therfore wil I speake, that I maye haue vete: I wil open my lyppes, and make answere.
I will speak, that I may be refreshed; I will open my lips and answer.
Let me say what is in my mind, so that I may get comfort; let me give answer with open mouth.
I will speak, that I may find relief; I will open my lips and answer.
I will speake, that I may be refreshed: I will open my lippes, and answere.
[Therfore] will I speake, that I may haue a bent: I will open my lippes, and make aunswere.
I will speak, that I may open my lips and relieve myself.
I will speak, that I may be refreshed; I will open my lips and answer.
Y schal speke, and brethe ayen a litil; Y schal opene my lippis, and Y schal answere.
I will speak, that I may be refreshed; I will open my lips and answer.
I will speak, that I may be refreshed: I will open my lips and answer.
I will speak, that I may find relief; I must open my lips and answer.
I must speak to find relief, so let me give my answers.
Let me speak, that I may find comfort. Let me open my lips and answer.
I must speak, so that I may find relief; I must open my lips and answer.
I will speak, that I may freely breathe, I will open my lips and respond.
I will speak and take breath a little: I will open my lips, and will answer.
I must speak, that I may find relief; I must open my lips and answer.
I speak, and there is refreshment to me, I open my lips and answer.
"Let me speak that I may get relief; Let me open my lips and answer.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
I will speak: Job 13:13, Job 13:19, Job 20:2, Job 21:3
be refreshed: Heb. breathe
I will open: Proverbs 8:6, Proverbs 8:7
Reciprocal: Psalms 39:2 - my sorrow Isaiah 42:14 - long time 2 Corinthians 6:11 - our mouth
Cross-References
He thought, "If Esau attacks one group, perhaps the other can escape."
Then Jacob prayed: You, Lord , are the God who was worshiped by my grandfather Abraham and by my father Isaac. You told me to return home to my family, and you promised to be with me and make me successful.
Then he said to the servant in charge of the first herd, "When Esau meets you, he will ask whose servant you are. He will want to know where you are going and who owns those animals in front of you.
Their father said: If Benjamin must go with you, take the governor a gift of some of the best things from our own country, such as perfume, honey, spices, pistachio nuts, and almonds.
So make five gold models of the sores and five gold models of the rats that are wiping out your crops. If you honor the God of Israel with this gift, maybe he will stop causing trouble for you and your gods and your crops.
His officials said, "Your Majesty, we've heard that Israel's kings keep their agreements. We will wrap sackcloth around our waists, put ropes around our heads, and ask Ahab to let you live."
He won't let you pay him off, no matter what you offer.
Losing your temper causes a lot of trouble, but staying calm settles arguments.
An angry ruler can put you to death. So be wise! Don't make one angry.
A secret bribe will save you from someone's fierce anger.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
I will speak, that I may be refreshed,.... That his mind might be made easy; the matter it was full of lay with much weight upon it, pressed him hard, and gave him pain; and therefore he determines to speak his mind, and disburden himself: so a minister of the word speaks sometimes to the refreshment of others, the Gospel being a word in season to weary souls, bread to the hungry, drink to the thirsty, even wine to them that are of an heavy heart; and especially it is refreshing when the love of God is shed abroad in the heart through it, and the presence of God is enjoyed under it; and sometimes he speaks to the refreshment of himself with others, Romans 15:32; and whether it be so, one or the other, yet a faithful minister eases his mind, discharges his conscience, and is clear from the blood of all, when he truly and fully declares the whole counsel of God, so far as he is acquainted with it:
I will open my lips and answer; speak freely and boldly what was upon his mind, and he had to say, and which he judged would be a sufficient answer to Job; the opening of his lips is a phrase used by him in allusion to the opening of a bottle, full of new wine, the metaphor before expressed by him.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
I will speak, that I may be refreshed - Margin, “breathe.” The meaning is, that he would then have room to breathe again; he would feel relieved.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Job 32:20. I will open my lips and answer. — In the preceding verse Elihu compares himself to a skin-bottle, in which the wine was in a state of fermentation, and the bottle ready to burst for want of vent. He carries on the metaphor in this verse: the bottle must be opened to save it from bursting; I will OPEN my mouth.
