Job 32:18

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“For I am full of words, and my spirit within me compels me.”

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BSBPD

“For I am full of words, and my spirit within me compels me.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

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

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“For I am full of words; The spirit within me constraineth me.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“For I have been full of words, Distressed me hath the spirit of my breast,”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Job 32:18 — 6 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Job 4:2“If one ventures a word with you, will you be wearied? Yet who can keep from speaking?
  2. Psalms 39:3My heart grew hot within me; as I mused, the fire burned. Then I spoke with my tongue:
  3. Jeremiah 20:9If I say, “I will not mention Him or speak any more in His name,” His message becomes a fire burning in my heart, shut up in my bones, and I become weary of holding it in, and I cannot prevail.
  4. Ezekiel 3:14So the Spirit lifted me up and took me away, and I went in bitterness and in the anger of my spirit, with the strong hand of the LORD upon me.
  5. Acts 4:20For we cannot stop speaking about what we have seen and heard.”
  6. 2 Corinthians 5:13If we are out of our mind, it is for God; if we are of sound mind, it is for you.

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