Job 32:18

King James Version 1611 (Original)

For I am full of matter, 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 Then I said, I will not make mention of him, nor speak any more in his name. But his word was in mine heart as a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I was weary with forbearing, and I could not stay.
• 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; but the hand of the LORD was strong upon me. 15 Then I came to them of the captivity at Telabib, that dwelt by the river of Chebar, and I sat where they sat, and remained there astonished among them seven days. 16 And it came to pass at the end of seven days, that the word of the LORD 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 thine 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 righteousness which he hath done shall not be remembered; but his blood will I require at thine 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 is warned; also thou hast delivered thy soul. 22 And the hand of the LORD 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 the LORD stood there, as the glory which I saw by the river of Chebar: and I fell on my face. 24 Then the spirit entered into me, and set me upon my feet, and spake with me, and said unto me, Go, shut thyself within thine house. 25 But thou, O son of man, behold, they shall put 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 GOD; 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 have seen and heard.
• 2 Cor 5:13-14 : 13 For whether we be beside ourselves, it is to God: or whether we be sober, it is for your cause. 14 For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead: