The Meaning of Job 32:20 Explained

Job 32:20

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

YLT: I speak, and there is refreshment to me, I open my lips and answer.

Darby: I will speak, that I may find relief; I will open my lips and answer.

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

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CONTEXT: What is the Context of Job 32:20?

MEANING: What does Job 32:20 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in Job 32:20 mean?

RELATIONS: What do the major concepts mean in Job 32:20?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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

What does Job 32:20 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 32:20 mean?

I will speak that may find relief I I must open my lips and answer
אֲדַבְּרָ֥ה וְיִֽרְוַֽח־ לִ֑י אֶפְתַּ֖ח שְׂפָתַ֣י וְאֶֽעֱנֶֽה

אֲדַבְּרָ֥ה  I  will  speak 
Parse: Verb, Piel, Imperfect Cohortative, first person common singular
Root: דָּבַר 
Sense: to speak, declare, converse, command, promise, warn, threaten, sing.
וְיִֽרְוַֽח־  that  may  find  relief 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: רָוַח  
Sense: to be wide, be spacious, breathe.
אֶפְתַּ֖ח  I  must  open 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect Cohortative if contextual, first person common singular
Root: פָּתַח 
Sense: to open.
שְׂפָתַ֣י  my  lips 
Parse: Noun, fdc, first person common singular
Root: שָׂפָה  
Sense: lip, language, speech, shore, bank, brink, brim, side, edge, border, binding.
וְאֶֽעֱנֶֽה  and  answer 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative if contextual, first person common singular
Root: לְעַנּׄות 
Sense: to answer, respond, testify, speak, shout.

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