Job 32 · Verse 19

Job 32:19

Behold, my belly is as wine which hath no vent; it is ready to burst like new bottles.
Job 32:19, King James Version

Job 32:19 in other translations

BSBBehold, my belly is like unvented wine; it is about to burst like a new wineskin.
WEBBehold, my breast is as wine which has no vent; like new wineskins it is ready to burst.
ASVBehold, my breast is as wine which hath no vent; Like new wine-skins it is ready to burst.
YLTLo, my breast is as wine not opened, Like new bottles it is broken up.
DARBYBehold, my belly is as wine which hath no vent; like new flasks, it is ready to burst.
BBEMy stomach is like wine which is unable to get out; like skins full of new wine, it is almost burst.
WebsterBehold, my belly is as wine which hath no vent; it is ready to burst like new bottles.

What does Job 32:19 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
19. belly--bosom: from which the words of Orientalists in speaking seem to come more than with us; they speak gutturally. "Like (new) wine (in fermentation) without a vent," to work itself off. New wine is kept in new goatskin bottles. This fittingly applies to the young Elihu, as contrasted with the old friends (Mt 9:7).

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 19 My belly is as wine which hath no vent - New wine in a state of effervescence. Like new bottles - Bottles, or rather bags, made of goat-skins. The head and shanks being cut off, the animal is cased out of the skin. The skin is then properly dressed; the anus and four shank holes properly tied up; and an aperture left at the neck or in some other place for the liquor to be poured in, and drawn out. One of these now lies before me, well tanned, and beautifully ornamented, and capable of holding many gallons. They are used, not only to carry wine and water, but for butter, and also for various dry goods. I have mentioned this in another place. When the wine is in a state of fermentation, and the skin has no vent, these bottles or bags are ready to burst; and if they be old, the new wine destroys them, breaks the old stitching, or rends the old skin. Our Lord makes use of the same figure, Mat 9:17 (note); where see the note.

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 32:19 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.

הִנֵּֽה\־hi.neh-here!H2009
בִטְנִ֗יvit.Nibelly myH990
כְּיַ֥יִןke.Ya.yin[is] like wineH3196
לֹא\־lo'-[which] notH3808
יִפָּתֵ֑חַyi.pa.Te.achit is openedH6605
כְּאֹב֥וֹתke.'o.Votlike wineskinsH178
חֲ֝דָשִׁ֗יםcha.da.ShimnewH2319
יִבָּקֵֽעַ\׃yi.ba.Ke.a'it will be split openH1234

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

Cross references for Job 32:19

  • Matthew 9:17

    Neither do men put new wine into old bottles: else the bottles break, and the wine runneth out, and the bottles perish: but they put new wine into new bottles, and both are preserved.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
hath no vent. Heb. is not opened. new.
Mt 9:17

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

Context

  • Job 32:18

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

  • Job 32:19

    Behold, my belly is as wine which hath no vent; it is ready to burst like new bottles.

  • Job 32:20

    I will speak, that I may be refreshed: I will open my lips and answer.

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Job 32:19 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		De cierto mi vientre está como el vino que no tiene respiradero, y se rompe como odres nuevos.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Voici, mon ventre est comme un vin qui n’a pas été ouvert; il éclate comme des outres neuves.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Siehe, mein Inneres ist wie Wein, der nicht geöffnet ist; gleich neuen Schläuchen will es bersten.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		En venter meus quasi mustum absque spiraculo, quod lagunculas novas disrumpit.