Job 32:18

Filipino Cebuano Bible

18 Kay ako puno sa mga igsusulti; Ang espiritu nga ania kanako nagpugos kanako.

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matter: Heb. words

the spirit: Psalms 39:3, Jeremiah 20:9, Ezekiel 3:14-27, Acts 4:20, 2 Corinthians 5:13, 2 Corinthians 5:14

within me: Heb. of my belly

Reciprocal: Job 4:2 - withhold himself from speaking Job 26:4 - whose spirit Psalms 45:1 - is inditing Proverbs 22:18 - within thee Isaiah 42:14 - long time Jeremiah 6:11 - Therefore Ezekiel 3:3 - and fill Amos 3:8 - who can Micah 3:8 - I am John 7:38 - out Acts 6:10 - the spirit Acts 17:16 - his spirit Acts 18:5 - was

Gill's Notes on the Bible

For I am full of matter,.... Or "full [of] words" y; not of mere words, such that have nothing solid and substantial in them; this is the character of a fool, Ecclesiastes 10:14; nor was Elihu a loquacious talkative man, as Job is charged to be, a man full of talk, Job 11:2; but he was full of words, which had fulness of matter in them, which were to the purpose, and contained strong reasonings and solid arguments; his mind was full of them, and he could easily fill his mouth with them, and was not easy until he had uttered them: so an able minister of the word may be said to be full of words, of the wholesome words of our Lord Jesus, of useful doctrines, when the word of Christ dwells richly in him, and he has a rich treasure in an earthen vessel, is full of the blessing of the Gospel of Christ; has a large knowledge of Gospel truths, a real experience of them in the heart, great gifts to express them to others, and is full of power and of the Spirit of God to declare them, as this good man was:

the spirit within me constraineth me, or "the spirit of my belly" z; alluding to wind pent up therein, which, unless expelled, gives great uneasiness and pain: he either means the Spirit of God within him, as in Job 32:8, by whom the prophets were inspired and spoke, by whom ordinary ministers of the word are qualified for their work, and by whom they are led into all truth, and who presses and obliges them to speak what they know; there is a necessity upon them to preach the Gospel wholly and faithfully, and a woe unto them if they do not: or else his own spirit, influenced and actuated by the Spirit of God; as the spirit of the Apostle Paul was stirred up in him to speak, when he saw the idolatry and superstition of the people of Athens, Acts 17:16; so love to God and Christ, and the souls of men, the honour of God, and interest of religion, constrain the ministers of Christ to speak in his name, notwithstanding all the opposition made unto them, and reproach cast upon them.

y מלתי מלים "plenus sum sermonibus", V. L. Pagninus, Montanus, Tigurine version, Beza, Junius & Tremellius, Piscator. z רוח בטני "spiritus ventris mei", Beza, Junius & Tremellius, Cocceius, Schultens.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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 say. Elihu says that the reverse was true of him. He was full of words, and felt constrained to speak. It was not because he forced himself to do it, nor because he did it as a mere matter of duty, but he was so impressed with the subject that it would be a relief for him to give utterance to his views.

The spirit within me - Referring, probably, to the conviction that it was the divine Spirit which urged him to speak; see the notes at Job 32:8; compare Job 33:4. A similar constraint in regard to the necessity of speaking, when under the influence of the Holy Spirit, is expressed in Jeremiah 20:9, “His word was in my heart as a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I was weary with forbearing, and I could not stay;” compare Introduction to Isaiah, Section 7. The phrase “within me” is in the margin, as in Hebrew my belly - where the belly is spoken of as the seat of the mind; see Job 15:2. We speak of the head as the seat of the intellect, and the heart as the seat of the affections. The Hebrews were much in the habit of representing the region of the heart as the seat of all mental operations.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Job 32:18. I am full of matter — מלים millim, "I am full of WORDS," or sayings; i.e., wise sentences, and ancient opinions.

The spirit within me constraineth me. — How similar to the words of St. Paul! The love of Christ constraineth us. Elihu considered himself under the influence of that Spirit of God which gives understanding, and felt anxiously concerned for the welfare both of Job and his friends.