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Behold, my breast is as wine which has no vent; Like new wineskins it is ready to burst.
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The Bursting Wineskin
Commentators explain that Elihu uses a powerful and common image from his time: a sealed animal skin bottle filled with new, fermenting wine. Without a vent for the gases to escape, the pressure builds to a bursting point. This vividly illustrates the overwhelming internal compulsion Elihu feels to finally speak his mind.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Behold, my belly is as wine which hath no vent - Margin, as in Hebrew, “is not opened” - לאיפתח lo' yipâthach. Th…
19th Century
Anglican
New bottles. Or wine-skins ().
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Behold, my belly [is] as wine, [which] has no vent Or, "is not opened" F1, like a bottle of wine, as Ben Gerso…
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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…
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…
