Job 32

32 ¹So these three men stopped answering Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes. ²Then the anger of Elihu son of Barachel the Buzite, of the family of Ram, burned hot. His anger burned against Job because he justified himself rather than God. ³His anger also burned against Job's three friends, because they had found no answer and yet had condemned Job. ⁴Now Elihu had waited to speak to Job because the others were older than he. ⁵But when Elihu saw that these three men had nothing to say, his anger burned. ⁶So Elihu son of Barachel the Buzite spoke up and said: "I am young in years, and you are old; that is why I held back, afraid to tell you what I know. ⁷I thought, 'Let age speak, and many years teach wisdom.' ⁸But it is the spirit in a person, the breath of the Almighty, that gives understanding. ⁹It is not the old who are wise, nor the elderly who understand what is right. ¹⁰So I say, listen to me; I too will tell what I know. ¹¹Look, I waited for your words; I listened for your reasoning while you searched for what to say. ¹²I gave you my full attention; but not one of you proved Job wrong or answered his arguments. ¹³So do not say, 'We have found wisdom; let God refute him, not man.' ¹⁴Job has not marshaled his words against me, and I will not answer him with your arguments. ¹⁵They are dismayed and have no more to say; words have failed them. ¹⁶Must I wait, now that they are silent, now that they stand there with no reply? ¹⁷I too will have my say; I too will tell what I know. ¹⁸For I am full of words; the spirit within me compels me. ¹⁹Inside, I am like wine that has no vent, like new wineskins ready to burst. ²⁰I must speak and find relief; I must open my lips and answer. ²¹I will show no partiality to anyone, and I will flatter no one; ²²for I do not know how to flatter—if I did, my Maker would soon take me away."