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Job 32:18 KJV (With Strong’s)

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For I am full of μmatter, the spirit πwithin me constraineth me.

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words.

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of my belly.

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matter.

Heb. words.

the spirit.

Psa. 39:3• ³My heart burned within me; the fire was kindled in my musing: I spoke with my tongue, (Psa. 39:3)

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Jer. 20:9• ⁹And I said, I will not make mention of him, nor speak any more in his name: but it was in my heart as a burning fire shut up in my bones; and I became wearied with holding in, and I could not. (Jer. 20:9)

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Ezek. 3:14‑27• ¹⁴And 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.
¹⁵And I came to them of the captivity at Tel-abib, that dwelt by the river Chebar, and I sat where they sat; and I sat there astonied among them seven days.
¹⁶And it came to pass at the end of seven days, that the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,
¹⁷Son of man, I have appointed thee a watchman unto the house of Israel, and thou shalt hear the word from my mouth, and give them warning from me.
¹⁸When I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt certainly die; and thou givest him not warning, nor speakest to warn the wicked from his wicked way, that he may live: the same wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thy hand.
¹⁹But 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.
²⁰And when a righteous man doth turn from his righteousness, and do what is wrong, and I lay a stumbling-block before him, he shall die; because thou hast not given him warning, he shall die in his sin, and his righteous acts which he hath done shall not be remembered; but his blood will I require at thy hand.
²¹And if thou warn the righteous man, that the righteous sin not, and he doth not sin, he shall certainly live, for he hath taken warning; and thou hast delivered thy soul.
²²And the hand of Jehovah was there upon me; and he said unto me, Arise, go forth into the valley, and there I will talk with thee.
²³And I arose, and went forth into the valley, and behold, the glory of Jehovah stood there, like the glory which I saw by the river Chebar; and I fell on my face.
²⁴And the Spirit entered into me, and set me upon my feet; and he spoke with me, and said unto me, Go, shut thyself within thy house.
²⁵And thou, son of man, behold, they shall put bands upon thee, and shall bind thee therewith, and thou shalt not go out among them.
²⁶And 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.
²⁷And 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. (Ezek. 3:14‑27)

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Acts 4:20• ²⁰for as for us *we* cannot refrain from speaking of the things which we have seen and heard. (Acts 4:20)

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2 Cor. 5:13‑14• ¹³For whether we are beside ourselves, it is to God; or are sober, it is for you.
¹⁴For the love of the Christ constrains us, having judged this: that one died for all, then all have died; (2 Cor. 5:13‑14)

within me.

Heb. of my belly.

• {v.18-20} How different is this from the scholarly, deliberate arguments to which Job had thus far been compelled to listen, or from a vehemence which had little of wisdom or justice in it. We are reminded of the apostle’s word “Necessity is laid upon me” (1 Cor. 9:16). (“Job 32-37” by S. Ridout)

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

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Lit. "my belly."