Job 32:19

Elihu Rebukes Job’s Friends · Job 32:1–22
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Translations

Modern
Behold, my belly is like unvented wine; it is about to burst like a new wineskin.
Traditional
Behold, my belly is as wine which hath no vent; it is ready to burst like new bottles.
Literal
Behold, my belly is like wine not opened; like new wineskins, it is bursting open.
Latin
En venter meus quasi mustum absque spiraculo, quod lagunculas novas disrumpit.

Original

Hebrew
English
Behold, my belly is like unvented wine; it is about to burst like a new wineskin.

Notes

  • The length of Elihu’s speech shows he had many words to share (32:1–37:24).

  • Elihu probably believed the spirit (Hebrew ruakh) within him urged him to speak (32:8, 19–20; Psalm 39:3). But the reader might regard him as just full of wind (an alternate meaning of the Hebrew ruakh; see study note on Job 15:2–3).

  • Like Zophar, Elihu needed to speak to find relief (compare 20:2).

After three rounds of speeches between Job and his friends, a new voice speaks. Elihu, a young man, has listened to everything the others said.

Events

Glossary

Book of Job Elihu

Topics

Bottle: Made of Animal Skins Bottles: (Ready to Burst) the Impatient Wine in Bottles Wine in Skins (Rv)