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Job 32:18

For I am full of matter, the spirit within me constraineth me.

'I am full of words,' whereas the friends have not a word more to say. The spirit - (Job 32:8; Job 33:4; Jeremiah 20:9, "His word was as a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I was weary with forbearing, and I could not stay;" Acts 18:5, "Paul was pressed in the spirit")

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See also Job 32:18 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Job 32:18. _I AM FULL OF MATTER_] מלים _millim_, "I am full of WORDS," or _sayings_; i.e., wise sentences, and ancient opinions. _THE SPIRIT WITHIN ME CONSTRAINETH ME._] How similar to the wor...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    FOR I AM FULL OF MATTER - Margin, as in Hebrew words.” The three friends of Job had been silenced. They had not one word more to say. Elihu says that the reverse was true of him. He was full of words,...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    CHAPTER S 32--33:7 _ 1. Elihu introduced (Job 32:1)_ 2. I waited, but now must speak (Job 32:6) 3. His address to Job (Job 33:1) Job 32:1. As

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    If the friends have nothing to say, that is no reason for Elihu's silence. He is full of words, and must give them vent. The fear of God will prevent his showing partiality....

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    MATTER. Hebrew. _millah_. the matter of what is said....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Elihu feels a crowd of thoughts and arguments fermenting in his bosom and pressing for utterance with a force not to be resisted. The word "belly" corresponds to the English "breast" or bosom. What st...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Turning from the three friends Elihu seems to speak in soliloquy and present to his own mind the singular situation: the three friends are discomfited before Job and reduced to silence; this should no...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    FOR I AM FULL OF MATTER; THE SPIRIT, &C.— As he was a young man, he dares not claim much authority, from his own sayings; but he claims it from the inspiration of the Almighty, by whose Spirit he was...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    TEXT 32:11-22 11 BEHOLD, I WAITED FOR YOUR WORDS, I listened for your reasonings, Whilst ye searched out what to say. 12 Yea, I attended onto you, And, behold, there was none that convinced Job, O...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    32:18 me (g-10) Lit. 'my belly.'...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    THE SPEECHES OF ELIHU It is the view of almost all scholars that the speeches of Elihu are a later addition. The grounds for this view are the following. His presence comes upon the reader with surpri...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    In the Bible, many holy men are called prophets. These men did not merely speak their own ideas. Rather, they spoke by the Holy Spirit (2 Peter 1:20-21). They described their experience in different w...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    JOB, A SERVANT OF GOD Job _KEITH SIMONS_ Words in boxes (except for words in brackets) are from the Bible. This commentary has been through Advanced Checking. CHAPTER 32 ELIHU PREPARES HIS SPEEC...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    כִּ֭י מָלֵ֣תִי מִלִּ֑ים הֱ֝צִיקַ֗תְנִי ר֣וּחַ בִּטְנִֽי׃...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    XXV. POST-EXILIC WISDOM Job 32:1; Job 33:1; Job 34:1 A PERSONAGE hitherto unnamed in the course of the drama now assumes the place of critic and judge between Job and his friends. Elihu, son of Bara...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    ELIHU ENTERS Job 32:1 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...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    The last voice in the earthly controversy is now heard. It is a new voice, and opportunity never comes to Job to answer. Moreover, God in the final movements takes no notice other than that of interru...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    For I am full of (l) matter, the spirit within me constraineth me. (l) I have conceived in my mind a great store of reasons....

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Me. And forces me to speak, Jeremias v. 24., and xx. 9. Thus Juvenal describes a great talker. Tunc immensa cavi spirant mendacia folles.---Conspuiturque sinus. (Sat. vi.) (Calmet)_...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    (6) В¶ And Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite answered and said, I am young, and ye are very old; wherefore I was afraid, and durst not shew you mine opinion. (7) I said, Days should speak, and mult...

  • John Brown Commentaries Selected Books of the Bible

    Elihu's Speeches I. INTRODUCTION A. In our last study of the book of Job (Chapter s 11-14), - Job had just replied to Zophar's speech. 1. Chapter 14 concludes the "first round" of speeches by Job's...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 32 THROUGH 37. But these spiritual affections of Job did not prevent his turning this consciousness of integrity into a robe of self-righteousness which hid G...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    FOR I AM FULL OF MATTER,.... Or "full [of] words" y; not of mere words, such that have nothing solid and substantial in them; this is the character of a fool, Ecclesiastes 10:14; nor was Elihu a loqua...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    For I am full of matter, the spirit within me constraineth me. Ver. 18. _For I am full of matter_] Heb. Of words; such as are weighty and stuffy, steeped in mine understanding (as Plutarch saith Phoc...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _I will answer also my part_ I will take my turn and speak what they have omitted. _I am full of matter_ I have many things to say in this cause; _the spirit within me constraineth me_ My spirit, or s...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    For I am full of matter, full of statements and arguments which he believes he can use, THE SPIRIT WITHIN ME CONSTRAINETH ME, urging and impelling him to speak....

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    ELIHU GIVES THE REASON FOR HIS SPEAKING...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    Since his three friends have been silenced by Job's strong declaration of self-righteousness, our attention is drawn to a young man who has been a silent observer of this interesting drama. There appe...

  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    MATTER: _ Heb._ words SPIRIT WITHIN ME: _ Heb._ the spirit of my belly...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    15-22 If we are sure that the Spirit of God suggested what we are about to say, still we ought to refrain, till it comes to our turn to speak. God is the God of order, not of confusion. It is great r...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    I AM FULL OF MATTER, i.e. I have many things to say in this cause. THE SPIRIT WITHIN ME; either my own spirit or soul, which is wholly dissatisfied with what hath been hitherto spoken, and clearly app...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Job 32:18 full H4390 (H8804) words H4405 spirit H7307 within H990 compels H6693 (H8689) matter - Heb. words the spirit -...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Elihu's discourse, stating his reasons for interfering. CHARACTERS: God, Job, Elihu, friends. CONCLUSION: One who is jealous of the honor of God cannot be grieved when injury is plainly do...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Job 32:2. _Elihu._ The Greek copies read Elihuz, the same as they write Elijah. The critics refer us for his genealogy to Huz the son of Nahor; for Ram is thought to be Abraham; but a similarity of na...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _For I am full of matter._ IDEAS AND EXPRESSION Sainte-Beuve remarks that the great art in speech, as in military service, is to gather, maintain, and bring to bear at once the greatest number of for...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    JOB 32:1 Elihu: Suffering as a Discipline. A new speaker, Elihu, is introduced (Job 32:1), followed by an uninterrupted record of his speeches (Job 32:6). Th

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    JOB—NOTE ON JOB 32:6 Elihu’s opening speech repeats what the introductory section has described (vv. Job 32:1). Elihu directs his remarks primarily at the three friends....

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    JOB—NOTE ON JOB 32:18 As in v. Job 32:8, Elihu claims he is not speaking by choice but by necessity. Elihu may be thinking he is like a prophet, but the reader must judge whether he is right....

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    NOTES Job 32:2. “_Elihu_” אֱלִיהוּא “my God is He;” or, according to some: “My God is Jehovab.” Various opinions concerning him, both as to his personality, speeches, and character. He has been consid...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION A new personage is now introduced upon the scene, who speaks in a new style and almost in a new language. No previous mention has been made of him; no subsequent notice is taken of his argu...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    So sitting nearby was a young man whose name was Elihu. So these three men [Bildad, Zophar, and Eliphaz] cease to answer Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes. Then was kindled the wrath of E...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    2 Corinthians 5:13; 2 Corinthians 5:14; Acts 4:20; Ezekiel 3:14;...

  • Wells of Living Water Commentary

    HIGH ALTITUDES IN ELIHU'S ANSWER TO JOB Job 32:1, Job 33:1; Job 34:1; Job 35:1; Job 3

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