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Selected Verse: Job 32:20 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Job 32:20 |
King James |
I will speak, that I may be refreshed: I will open my lips and answer. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| refreshed--literally, "that there may be air to me" (Sa1 16:23). |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| I will speak, that I may be refreshed - Margin, "breathe." The meaning is, that he would then have room to breathe again; he would feel relieved. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| I will open my lips and answer - In the preceding verse Elihu compares himself to a skin-bottle, in which the wine was in a state of fermentation, and the bottle ready to burst for want of vent. He carries on the metaphor in this verse: the bottle must be opened to save it from bursting; I will Open my mouth. |
23 And it came to pass, when the evil spirit from God was upon Saul, that David took an harp, and played with his hand: so Saul was refreshed, and was well, and the evil spirit departed from him.