Job 32:6-22 - The Reason For Elihu's Discourse

⁶ Elihu son of Barachel the Buzite answered: I am young in years, and you are aged; therefore I was timid and afraid to declare my opinion to you. ⁷ I said: 'Let days speak, and many years teach wisdom.' ⁸ But truly it is the spirit in a man, the breath of the Almighty that makes for understanding. ⁹ It is not the old that are wise, nor the aged that understand what is right. ¹⁰ Therefore I tell you: 'Listen to me! Let me also declare my opinion.' ¹¹ Listen! I waited for your words. I listened for your wise sayings, while you determined what to say. ¹² I gave you my attention, but there was in fact no one that disproved Job, no one among you that answered his words. ¹³ Yet do not say: 'We have found wisdom; God may vanquish him, not a human.' ¹⁴ He has not directed his words against me. I will not answer him with your speeches.

¹⁵ They are dismayed and they answer no more. They do not have a word to say. ¹⁶ Should I wait, because they do not speak, because they stand there, and answer no more? ¹⁷ I also will give my answer. I also will declare my opinion. ¹⁸ For I am full of words but the spirit within me constrains me. ¹⁹ My heart is indeed like wine that has no vent. It is like new wineskins and is ready to burst. ²⁰ I must speak so that I may find relief. I must open my lips and answer. ²¹ I will not show partiality to any person or use flattery toward anyone. ²² I do not know how to flatter or my Maker would soon put an end to me!