13 aLest you say,
‘We have found wisdom’;
God will vanquish him, not man.
14 Now he has not
1 directed
his words against me;
So I will not answer him with your words.
15 “They are dismayed and answer no more;
Words escape them.
16 And I have waited, because they did not speak,
Because they stood still
and answered no more.
17 I also will answer my part,
I too will declare my opinion.
18 For I am full of words;
The spirit within me compels me.
19 Indeed my
1 belly
is like wine
that has no
2 vent;
It is ready to burst like new wineskins.
20 I will speak, that I may find relief;
I must open my lips and answer.
21 Let me not, I pray, show partiality to anyone;
Nor let me flatter any man.
22 For I do not know how to flatter,
Else my Maker would soon take me
aaway.
New King James Version®, Copyright© 1982, Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved.
