Job 32 · Verse 17

Job 32:17

I said, I will answer also my part, I also will shew mine opinion.
Job 32:17, King James Version

Job 32:17 in other translations

BSBI too will answer; yes, I will declare what I know.
WEBI also will answer my part, and I also will show my opinion.
ASVI also will answer my part, I also will show mine opinion.
YLTI answer, even I--my share, I shew my opinion--even I.
DARBYI will answer, I also in my turn, I also will shew what I know:
BBEI will give my answer; I will put forward my knowledge:
WebsterI said, I will answer also my part, I also will show my opinion.

What does Job 32:17 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
17. my part--for my part. opinion--knowledge.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 17 I will answer also my part - אענה חלקי aaneh chelki, "I will recite my portion." We have already seen that the book of Job is a sort of drama, in which several persons have their different parts to recite. Probably the book was used in this way, in ancient times, for the sake of public instruction. Eliphaz, Zophar, and Bildad, had recited their parts, and Job had responded to each: nothing was brought to issue. Elihu, a bystander, perceiving this, comes forward and takes a part, when all the rest had expended their materials: yet Elihu, though he spoke well, was incapable of closing the controversy; and God himself appears, and decides the case.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Job 32:15-22

If we are sure that the Spirit of God suggested what we are about to say, still we ought to refrain, till it comes to our turn to speak. God is the God of order, not of confusion. It is great refreshment to a good man, to speak for the glory of the Lord, and to edify others. And the more we consider the majesty of God, as our Maker, and the more we dread his wrath and justice, the less shall we sinfully fear or…

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Job 32:17 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

אַעֲנֶ֣ה'a.'a.NehI will answerH6030
אַף\־'af-alsoH637
אֲנִ֣י'a.NiIH589
חֶלְקִ֑יchel.Kipart myH2506
אֲחַוֶּ֖ה'a.cha.VehI will tellH2331
דֵעִ֣יde.'Iknowledge myH1843
אַף\־'af-alsoH637
אָֽנִי\׃'A.niIH589

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Job 32:17

  • Job 33:12

    Behold, in this thou art not just: I will answer thee, that God is greater than man.

  • Job 32:10

    Therefore I said, Hearken to me; I also will shew mine opinion.

  • Job 35:3-4

    For thou saidst, What advantage will it be unto thee? and, What profit shall I have, if I be cleansed from my sin? I will answer thee, and thy companions with thee.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
10; 33:12; 35:3,4

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Job 32:16

    When I had waited, (for they spake not, but stood still, and answered no more;)

  • Job 32:17

    I said, I will answer also my part, I also will shew mine opinion.

  • Job 32:18

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

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Job 32:17 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Por eso yo también responderé mi parte, también yo declararé mi juicio.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Je répondrai, moi aussi, à mon tour; je ferai connaître, moi aussi, ce que je sais;
German
Elberfelder 1871		Auch ich will mein Teil erwidern, auch ich will mein Wissen kundtun.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		respondebo et ego partem meam, et ostendam scientiam meam.