# Job 32 (New King James Version)
Elihu Contradicts Job's Friends

##### Chapter 32
###### 1 So these three men ceased answering Job, because he _was_ righteous in his own eyes.  
###### 2 Then the wrath of Elihu, the son of Barachel the Buzite, of the family of Ram, was aroused against Job; his wrath was aroused because he justified himself rather than God.  
###### 3 Also against his three friends his wrath was aroused, because they had found no answer, and _yet_ had condemned Job.

###### 4 Now because they _were_ years older than he, Elihu had waited to speak to Job.  
###### 5 When Elihu saw that _there was_ no answer in the mouth of these three men, his wrath was aroused.

###### 6 So Elihu, the son of Barachel the Buzite, answered and said:
"I _am_ young in years, and you _are_ very old;  
Therefore I was afraid,  
And dared not declare my opinion to you.  

###### 7 I said, 'Age should speak,  
And multitude of years should teach wisdom.'  

###### 8 But _there is_ a spirit in man,  
And the breath of the Almighty gives him understanding.  

###### 9 Great men are not _always_ wise,  
Nor do the aged _always_ understand justice.

###### 10 "Therefore I say, 'Listen to me,  
I also will declare my opinion.'  

###### 11 Indeed I waited for your words,  
I listened to your reasonings, while you searched out what to say.  

###### 12 I paid close attention to you;  
And surely not one of you convinced Job,  
_Or_ answered his words--  

###### 13 Lest you say,  
'We have found wisdom';  
God will vanquish him, not man.  

###### 14 Now he has not 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 belly _is_ like wine _that_ has no 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 away.