Job 32:18

American Standard Version (1901)

For I am full of words; The spirit within me constraineth me.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כִּ֭י מָלֵ֣תִי מִלִּ֑ים הֱ֝צִיקַ֗תְנִי ר֣וּחַ בִּטְנִֽי׃

Transliteration

For kî mālētî millîm hĕṣîqatnî rûaḥ biṭnî

Grammar Details

• *kî*: conjunction - for/because
• *mālētî*: qal perfect 1st person common singular - I am full of
• *millîm*: noun feminine plural - words
• *hĕṣîqatnî*: hiphil perfect 3rd person feminine singular + 1st person common singular suffix - it constrains me
• *rûaḥ*: noun feminine singular construct - spirit of
• *biṭnî*: noun feminine singular + 1st person common singular suffix - my belly/inner self

Word Meanings

• *mālētî millîm*: I am full of words/I have much to say
• *hĕṣîqatnî*: it constrains me/it compels me/it presses me
• *rûaḥ biṭnî*: spirit of my belly/spirit within me/my inner spirit

Referenced Verses

• Ps 39:3 : 3 My heart was hot within me; While I was musing the fire burned: [Then] spake I with my tongue:
• Jer 20:9 : 9 And if I say, I will not make mention of him, nor speak any more in his name, then there is in my heart as it were a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I am weary with forbearing, and I cannot [contain] .
• Ezek 3:14-27 : 14 So the Spirit lifted me up, and took me away; and I went in bitterness, in the heat of my spirit; and the hand of Jehovah was strong upon me. 15 Then I came to them of the captivity at Tel-abib, that dwelt by the river Chebar, and to where they dwelt; and I sat there overwhelmed among them seven days. 16 And it came to pass at the end of seven days, that the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying, 17 Son of man, I have made thee a watchman unto the house of Israel: therefore hear the word at my mouth, and give them warning from me. 18 When I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; and thou givest him not warning, nor speakest to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life; the same wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thy hand. 19 Yet if thou warn the wicked, and he turn not from his wickedness, nor from his wicked way, he shall die in his iniquity; but thou hast delivered thy soul. 20 Again, when a righteous man doth turn from his righteousness, and commit iniquity, and I lay a stumblingblock before him, he shall die: because thou hast not given him warning, he shall die in his sin, and his righteous deeds which he hath done shall not be remembered; but his blood will I require at thy hand. 21 Nevertheless if thou warn the righteous man, that the righteous sin not, and he doth not sin, he shall surely live, because he took warning; and thou hast delivered thy soul. 22 And the hand of Jehovah was there upon me; and he said unto me, Arise, go forth into the plain, and I will there talk with thee. 23 Then I arose, and went forth into the plain: and, behold, the glory of Jehovah stood there, as the glory which I saw by the river Chebar; and I fell on my face. 24 Then the Spirit entered into me, and set me upon my feet; and he spake with me, and said unto me, Go, shut thyself within thy house. 25 But thou, son of man, behold, they shall lay bands upon thee, and shall bind thee with them, and thou shalt not go out among them: 26 and I will make thy tongue cleave to the roof of thy mouth, that thou shalt be dumb, and shalt not be to them a reprover; for they are a rebellious house. 27 But when I speak with thee, I will open thy mouth, and thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: He that heareth, let him hear; and he that forbeareth, let him forbear: for they are a rebellious house.
• Acts 4:20 : 20 for we cannot but speak the things which we saw and heard.
• 2 Cor 5:13-14 : 13 For whether we are beside ourselves, it is unto God; or whether we are of sober mind, it is unto you. 14 For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that one died for all, therefore all died;