Holy Scripture
Job 32:18
A church father on this verse
“He wants to show that he suffered for a long time and waited to speak and that he contained himself and could burst. Therefore, he needed a large amount of patience. To be able to control one's words is the greatest proof of wisdom, and [Elihu's] ardor for God has enabled him to bear such an interior fire.”
Source: Septuagint
Original
18for I am full of words, For the spirit of my belly destroys me.
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In context
16I waited (for I had not spoken), Because they stood still, they answered not.
17And Elihu continued and said, I will again speak,
— Job 32:18 —
19And my belly is as a skin of sweet wine bound up and ready to burst; Or as a brazier’s laboring bellows.
20I will speak, that I may open my lips and relieve myself.