Job 32:20

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

I will speak, so that I may find relief; I will open my lips, so that I may answer.

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 13:13 : 13 “Refrain from talking with me so that I may speak; then let come to me what may.
  • Job 13:19 : 19 Who will contend with me? If anyone can, I will be silent and die.
  • Job 20:2 : 2 “This is why my troubled thoughts bring me back– because of my feelings within me.
  • Job 21:3 : 3 Bear with me and I will speak, and after I have spoken you may mock.
  • Prov 8:6-7 : 6 Listen, for I will speak excellent things, and my lips will utter what is right. 7 For my mouth speaks truth, and my lips hate wickedness.

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    2See now, I have opened my mouth; my tongue in my mouth has spoken.

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  • Job 20:2-3
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    3When I hear a reproof that dishonors me, then my understanding prompts me to answer.

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    22Then call, and I will answer, or I will speak, and you respond to me.

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    19Who will contend with me? If anyone can, I will be silent and die.

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    31Pay attention, Job– listen to me; be silent, and I will speak.

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    3Bear with me and I will speak, and after I have spoken you may mock.

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    11Job Remonstrates with God“Therefore, I will not refrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.

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    20Should he be informed that I want to speak? If a man speaks, surely he will be swallowed up!

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    4You said,‘Pay attention, and I will speak; I will question you, and you will answer me.’

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    14Job has not directed his words to me, and so I will not reply to him with your arguments.

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    5But I would strengthen you with my words; comfort from my lips would bring you relief.

    6Abandonment by God and Man“But if I speak, my pain is not relieved, and if I refrain from speaking– how much of it goes away?

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