What does Job 32:20 mean?

Job 32:20 highlights themes such as communication, refreshment, expression when read in context.

How should I apply Job 32:20 today?

Read the surrounding passage, compare related cross references, and turn the verse into a short prayer and concrete action.

I will speak, that I may be refreshed: I will open my lips and answer.

18For I am full of matter, the spirit within me constraineth me.

19Behold, my belly is as wine which hath no vent; it is ready to burst like new bottles.

20I will speak, that I may be refreshed: I will open my lips and answer.

21Let me not, I pray you, accept any man's person, neither let me give flattering titles unto man.

22For I know not to give flattering titles; in so doing my maker would soon take me away.

communicationrefreshmentexpression

Proverbs 15:23
This verse relates to the joy of giving a timely answer, similar to Job's intent to speak.