Job 32:20

Modern

I must speak and find relief; I must open my lips and respond.

Traditional

I will speak, that I may be refreshed: I will open my lips and answer.

Literal

I will speak, and there is refreshment for me; I will open my lips and answer.

Latin

Loquar, et respirabo paululum: aperiam labia mea, et respondebo.

Hebrew

English

I must speak and find relief; I must open my lips and respond.

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.

Job 21:3
Bear with me while I speak; then, after I have spoken, you may go on mocking.
Job 20:2
“So my anxious thoughts compel me to answer, because of the turmoil within me.
Proverbs 8:6–7
Listen, for I speak of noble things, and the opening of my lips will reveal right.
Job 13:13
Be silent, and I will speak. Then let come to me what may.
Job 13:19
Can anyone indict me? If so, I will be silent and die.