¹So these three men ceased from answering Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes.

²Then the anger of Elihu son of Barakel the Buzite, of the family of Ram, burned; against Job his anger burned, because he justified his own being more than God.

³And against his three friends his anger burned, because they did not find an answer, and yet they condemned Job.

⁴And Elihu had waited for Job in words, because they were older than he in days.

⁵When Elihu saw that there was no answer in the mouth of the three men, his anger burned.

⁶So Elihu son of Barakel the Buzite answered and said: I am little in days, and you are aged; therefore I crawled away and was afraid to declare my knowledge to you.

⁷I said, Days will speak, and the multitude of years will make known wisdom.

⁸But it is the breath in man, the breath of the Almighty, that gives them understanding.

⁹It is not the great who are wise, nor the old who understand justice.

¹⁰So I said, Hear me; I will declare my knowledge, I too.

¹¹Behold, I waited for your words, I gave ear to your understandings, until you searched out speech.

¹²And I paid close heed to you, and behold, there was none of you reproving Job, none answering his words.

¹³Lest you say, We have found wisdom; God will drive him away, not a man.

¹⁴And he has not arranged speech against me, and with your words I will not reply to him.

¹⁵They were dismayed, they answered no more; speech moved away from them.

¹⁶And shall I wait, because they do not speak, because they stand still and answer no more?

¹⁷I too will answer my portion; I too will declare my knowledge.

¹⁸For I am full of speech; the breath of my belly presses me.

¹⁹Behold, my belly is like wine that is not opened; like new wineskins it will be split open.

²⁰Let me speak, that I may breathe freely; let me open my lips wide and answer.

²¹Let me not lift up the face of any man, and to no human being will I give a title.

²²For I do not know how to give titles; in a little while the one who made me would carry me off.