ἐπικράνθη. א* reads ἐγεμίσθη; the older text of Primas[367] repletus est; אc reads ἐγ.… πικρίας. So one MS. of Primas[368] and Beatus repletus est amaritudine.

[367] Primasius, edited by Haussleiter.
[368] Primasius, edited by Haussleiter.

10. ἐπικράνθη. The ancient variant ἐγεμίσθη, which sums up what is expressed at length Job 32:18-19, brings out a real element in the meaning: the burden of unuttered truth is in itself a pain and, as we see in the next verse, the pain is a call to speak.

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