15 "Do you three have nothing else to say? Of course you don't! You're total frauds! 16 Why should I wait any longer, now that you're stopped dead in your tracks? 17 I'm ready to speak my piece. That's right! It's my turn - and it's about time! 18 I've got a lot to say, and I'm bursting to say it. 19 The pressure has built up, like lava beneath the earth. I'm a volcano ready to blow. 20 I have to speak - I have no choice. I have to say what's on my heart, 21 And I'm going to say it straight - the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. 22 I was never any good at bootlicking; my Maker would make short work of me if I started in now!
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Job 32:15-22
Commentary on Job 32:15-22
(Read 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 flatter men. Could we set the wrath Lord always before us, in his mercies and his terrors, we should not be moved from doing our duty in whatever we are called to do.