Job 32:20
I will speak, that I may be refreshed: I will open my lips and answer.
I will speake, †that I may be refreshed: I will open my lippes, and answere.
Original 1611 marginTranslation notes and cross-references are kept distinct.
- †Hebrew wordingHeb. that I may breath.
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- Proverbs 8:6–7Rank 5 from verse 20
6Hear; for I will speak of excellent things; and the opening of my lips shall be right things.
7For my mouth shall speak truth; and wickedness is an abomination to my lips.
6Heare, for I will speake of excellent things: and the opening of my lippes shalbe right things.
7†For my mouth shall speake truth, and wickednesse is an abomination to my lippes.
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Job 32:20
Sense 1: To utter words or articulate sounds, or to use a language. Sense 2: To address or converse with someone. Sense 3: To state, declare, make mention of, or otherwise make a matter known.
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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of refresh, meaning to renew strength, relieve fatigue, revive, cheer, or enliven.
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Sense 1: Unclosed, uncovered, or manifest. Sense 2: As a verb, to uncover, reveal, or explain.
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Sense 1: The physical borders of the mouth. Sense 2: By extension, speech or utterance.
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Sense 1: A reply or response. Sense 2: As a verb, to reply, respond, or give account.
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19Behold, my belly is as wine which hath no vent; it is ready to burst like new bottles.
19Behold, my belly is as wine, which †hath no vent, it is ready to burst like new bottles.
20I will speak, that I may be refreshed: I will open my lips and answer.
20I will speake, †that I may be refreshed: I will open my lippes, and answere.
Selected passage21Let me not, I pray you, accept any man’s person, neither let me give flattering titles unto man.
21Let me not, I pray you, accept any mans person: neither let me giue flattering titles vnto man.