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
- Job's Trialc. 1650 BC
Glossary
Topics
Bottle: Made of Animal Skins Bottles: (Ready to Burst) the Impatient Wine in Bottles Wine in Skins (Rv)