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Job 32:20 Cross-References
Explore 5 cross-references for Job 32:20 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Job chapter 32 verse 20 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“I will speak, that I may be refreshed: I will open my lips and answer. be: Heb. breathe”
Job 32:20 (KJV)
Commentary on Job 32:20
I will speak, that I may be refreshed (אֲדַבְּרָה וְיִרְוַח לִי, adabberah ve-yirvach li)—The verb ravach (רָוַח) means "to be wide, spacious, relieved." Elihu feels internal pressure requiring release through speech. The phrase I will open my lips and answer (אֶפְתַּח־שְׂפָתַי וְאֶעֱנֶה) uses patach (פָּתַח, "to open") and anah (עָנָה, "to answer, respond"). Elihu breaks his silence, unable to contain himself longer. This reveals both earnestness and possible pride—he must speak or burst (v. 19).Elihu's youthful passion contrasts with the three friends' exhausted silence (32:1). Proverbs warn...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Job 32:20
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“and I also will speak; After I have spoken”
“for I will speak excellent things. The opening of my lips is for right things.”
“Who is he that will plead with me? for now”