VERSE STUDY • KJV

Job 32:19

Behold, my belly [is] as wine [which] hath no vent; it is ready to burst like new bottles.

Read it in 5 translations

Behold, my belly [is] as wine [which] hath no vent; it is ready to burst like new bottles.

Behold, my belly is like unvented wine; it is about to burst like a new wineskin.

Behold, my breast is as wine which has no vent; like new wineskins it is ready to burst.

Behold, my breast is as wine which hath no vent; Like new wine-skins it is ready to burst.

Lo, my breast is as wine not opened, Like new bottles it is broken up.

16 When I had waited, (for they spake not, but stood still, [and] answered no more;)

17 [I said], I will answer also my part, I also will shew mine opinion.

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

19 Behold, my belly [is] as wine [which] hath no vent; it is ready to burst like new bottles.

20 I will speak, that I may be refreshed: I will open my lips and answer.

21 Let me not, I pray you, accept any man’s person, neither let me give flattering titles unto man.

22 For I know not to give flattering titles; [in so doing] my maker would soon take me away.

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HISTORICAL INTERPRETATION

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