“I said, I will answer also my part, I also will shew mine opinion.”
I too will answer my part; I also will show my knowledge, restating Elihu's intention to contribute his own argument and wisdom, suggesting that Elihu's turn to speak follows necessarily from the three friends' failure. The answer of my part suggests Elihu's portion of the dialogue. The showing of knowledge suggests Elihu's confidence that he has insight to contribute. The verse establishes Elihu's readiness to begin his address.
Church Fathers on Job 32:17
I will also answer my part, and I will display my knowledge. For every proud man considers this to be his part, if he does not so much possess, as make a show of, knowledge. For all proud men are anxious not to possess knowledge, but to make a display of it: against whom Moses well says, Every vessel which hath not a cover nor binding over it shall be unclean. For the covering or the binding is the reproof of discipline, and every one who is not kept under by it is rejected…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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