19Behold, my belly is as wine which hath no vent; it is ready to burst like new bottles.
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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.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 15-22)Three things here apologize for Elihu’s interposing as he does in this controversy which had already been canvassed by such acute and learned disputants:— 1. That the stage was clear, and he did not break in upon any of the managers on either side: They were amazed (Job 32:15); they stood still, and answered no more , Job 32:16. They not only left off speaking themselves, but they stood still, to…
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