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For I am full of words. The spirit within me constrains me.
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A Divine Urge to Speak Truth
Commentators explain that Elihu's feeling of being 'full of words' and constrained by a 'spirit within' was not mere talkativeness. They see it as a divine compulsion, similar to what prophets like Jeremiah experienced. It's a powerful internal pressure from God's Spirit to speak truth that is so strong it feels like a physical necessity.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
For I am full of matter - Margin, as in Hebrew, "words." The three friends of Job had been silenced. They had not one word more to …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
For I am full of matter Or "full [of] words" F25 ; not of mere words, such that have nothing solid and su…
If we are sure that the Spirit of God suggested what we are about to say, still we ought to refrain, until it comes to our turn to speak. God is th…
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13th Century
Catholic
After the dispute between Job and his friends had ended, the argument of Elihu against Job is introduced. He uses more penetrating arguments agains…