Job 32

CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN	Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
1 But these three men ceased to answer Job, because he considered himself justified.	1 So these three men ceased to answer Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes.
2 And Eliu the son of Barachel the Buzite, of the kindred of Ram, was angry and indignant. But he was angry against Job because he described himself to be just in the presence of God.	2 Then Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite, of the family of Ram, became angry. He was angry at Job because he justified himself rather than God;
3 Moreover, he was indignant with his friends because they had not found a reasonable response, except in so far as they condemned Job.	3 he was angry also at Job's three friends because they had found no answer, although they had declared Job to be in the wrong.
4 Therefore, Eliu waited while Job was talking, for these were his elders that were speaking.	4 Now Elihu had waited to speak to Job because they were older than he.
5 But when he saw that these three were not able to respond, he was extremely angry.	5 And when Elihu saw that there was no answer in the mouth of these three men, he became angry.
6 And so Eliu the son of Barachel the Buzite responded by saying: I am younger in years, and you are more ancient; therefore, I kept my head low, for I was afraid to reveal to you my opinion.	6 And Elihu the 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 For I had hoped that greater age would speak, and that a multitude of years would teach wisdom.	7 I said, 'Let days speak, and many years teach wisdom.'
8 But I see now that there is only breath in men, and that it is the inspiration of the Almighty that gives understanding.	8 But it is the spirit in a man, the breath of the Almighty, that makes him understand.
9 The wise are not the aged, nor do the elders understand judgment.	9 It is not the old that are wise, nor the aged that understand what is right.
10 Therefore, I will speak. Listen to me, and so I will show you my wisdom.	10 Therefore I say, 'Listen to me; let me also declare my opinion.'
11 For I have endured your words; I have paid attention to your deliberations, while you were being argumentative with words.	11 "Behold, I waited for your words, I listened for your wise sayings, while you searched out what to say.
12 And as long as I supposed that you were saying something, I considered; but now I see that there is none of you that is able to argue with Job and to respond to his words.	12 I gave you my attention, and, behold, there was none that confuted Job, or that answered his words, among you.
13 So that you will not say, “We have found wisdom,” God has thrown him down, not man.	13 Beware lest you say, 'We have found wisdom; God may vanquish him, not man.'
14 He has said nothing to me, and I will not respond to him according to your words.	14 He has not directed his words against me, and I will not answer him with your speeches.
15 Then they were filled with dread, and so they no longer responded, and they withdrew from their speechmaking.	15 "They are discomfited, they answer no more; they have not a word to say.
16 Therefore, because I have waited and they have not been speaking, for they stood firm and did not respond at all,	16 And shall I wait, because they do not speak, because they stand there, and answer no more?
17 I also will answer in my turn, and I will reveal my knowledge.	17 I also will give my answer; I also will declare my opinion.
18 For I am full of words, and the feeling in my gut inspires me.	18 For I am full of words, the spirit within me constrains me.
19 Yes, my stomach is like fermenting wine without a vent, which bursts the new containers.	19 Behold, my heart is like wine that has no vent; like new wineskins, it is ready to burst.
20 I should speak, but I will also breathe a little; I will open my lips, and I will answer.	20 I must speak, that I may find relief; I must open my lips and answer.
21 I will not esteem the reputation of a man, and I will not equate God with man.	21 I will not show partiality to any person or use flattery toward any man.
22 For I do not know how long I will continue, and whether, after a while, my Maker might take me away.	22 For I do not know how to flatter, else would my Maker soon put an end to me.