32:7 I said to myself, ‘Age 1 should speak, 2
and length of years 3 should make wisdom known.’
32:8 But it is a spirit in people,
the breath 4 of the Almighty,
that makes them understand.
32:9 It is not the aged 5 who are wise,
nor old men who understand what is right.
32:10 Therefore I say, ‘Listen 6 to me.
I, even I, will explain what I know.’
32:11 Look, I waited for you to speak; 7
I listened closely to your wise thoughts, 8 while you were searching for words.
32:12 Now I was paying you close attention, 9
yet 10 there was no one proving Job wrong, 11
not one of you was answering his statements!
32:13 So do not say, 12 ‘We have found wisdom!
God will refute 13 him, not man!’
32:14 Job 14 has not directed 15 his words to me,
and so I will not reply to him with your arguments. 16
32:15 “They are dismayed 18 and cannot answer any more;
they have nothing left to say. 19
32:16 And I have waited. 20 But because they do not speak,
because they stand there and answer no more,
32:17 I too will answer my part,
I too will explain what I know.
32:18 For I am full of words,
and the spirit within me 21 constrains me. 22
32:19 Inside I am like wine which has no outlet, 23
like new wineskins 24 ready to burst!
32:20 I will speak, 25 so that I may find relief;
I will open my lips, so that I may answer.
32:21 I will not show partiality to anyone, 26
nor will I confer a title 27 on any man.
32:22 for I do not know how to give honorary titles, 28
if I did, 29 my Creator would quickly do away with me. 30