Verse Lens · Context pointer
Job 32:17 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 17. 17I said, I will answer also my part, I also will shew mine opinion.
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Role in This Section
Elihu states “I said, I will answer also my part, I also will shew mine opinion” as one poetic claim in Elihu Says He Is Compelled to Speak without Flattery.
Read It With
- Job 32:15–32:22
Job 32:17 should be heard after the prior line and before the unit's outcome. Elihu states “I said, I will answer also my part, I also will shew mine opinion” as one poetic claim in Elihu Says He Is Compelled to Speak without Flattery. Felt compulsion and claimed impartiality require evaluation by what follows; they do not authorize dominating a distressed person with an unsolicited monologue.
Why It Needs Context
Job 32:15–32:22 gives Job 32:17 its literary owner and outcome. Elihu states “I said, I will answer also my part, I also will shew mine opinion” as one poetic claim in Elihu Says He Is Compelled to Speak without Flattery. Application waits until that full movement is understood.
Continue in Context
The full thought-unit study remains the final contextual authority for this Verse Lens.
Read Job 32:15–32:22 — Elihu Says He Is Compelled to Speak without FlatterySources used for this context pointer
How certain is this explanation? strong
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
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USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact displayed KJV wording, verse order, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete thought-unit coverage.
Exact location: Job 32:15–32:22, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM-derived repository corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Job
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2
Supports: Masoretic Hebrew wording and morphology checked at the exact unit without treating morphology as a complete apparatus or interpretation.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/Job.xml, OSIS 32:15–32:22
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