The Meaning of Job 32:17 Explained

Job 32:17

KJV: I said, I will answer also my part, I also will shew mine opinion.

YLT: I answer, even I -- my share, I shew my opinion -- even I.

Darby: I will answer, I also in my turn, I also will shew what I know:

ASV: I also will answer my part, I also will show mine opinion.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

[I said], I will answer  also my part,  I also will shew  mine opinion. 

What does Job 32:17 Mean?

Context Summary

Job 32:1-22 - Elihu Enters
The controversy between Job and his counselors is now at an end. They have failed in making out their case; but before God Himself takes up the argument there is another side of the case to be presented by the fervid life of a younger generation. The name Elihu means, "My God is He." He had preserved a respectful silence while his elders were speaking; but he was so conscious of the uprising of the divine that he could refrain no longer.
Elihu was greatly indignant, first with Job for not justifying God, Job 32:2; and then with his friends for their inability to cope with him, Job 32:5. But in addition to these criticisms, he has some positive contribution to make to the debate, and must needs make it. Silence is golden, but there is a time to speak. Be sure in inbreathe the Spirit of God as one long imprisoned in a close chamber inhales the breath of the salt sea. Do not speak, as John Woolman says, beyond the divine openings. [source]

Chapter Summary: Job 32

1  Elihu is angry with Job and his three friends
6  Because wisdom comes not from age, he excuses the boldness of his youth
11  He reproves them for not satisfying Job
16  His zeal to speak

What do the individual words in Job 32:17 mean?

Will answer also I my part will declare my opinion too I
אַעֲנֶ֣ה אַף־ אֲנִ֣י חֶלְקִ֑י אֲחַוֶּ֖ה דֵעִ֣י אַף־ אָֽנִי

אַעֲנֶ֣ה  Will  answer 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, first person common singular
Root: לְעַנּׄות 
Sense: to answer, respond, testify, speak, shout.
אַף־  also 
Parse: Conjunction
Root: אַף  
Sense: also, yea, though, so much the more adv.
חֶלְקִ֑י  my  part 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, first person common singular
Root: חֵלֶק 
Sense: portion, share, part, territory.
אֲחַוֶּ֖ה  will  declare 
Parse: Verb, Piel, Imperfect, first person common singular
Root: חָוָה 
Sense: (Piel) to tell, declare, show, make known.
דֵעִ֣י  my  opinion 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, first person common singular
Root: דֵּעַ  
Sense: knowledge, opinion.
אַף־  too 
Parse: Conjunction
Root: אַף  
Sense: also, yea, though, so much the more adv.

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