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Job 33
[1] “However, Job, please hear my speech,
and listen to all my words.
[2] See now, I have opened my mouth.
My tongue has spoken in my mouth.
[3] My words will utter the uprightness of my heart.
That which my lips know they will speak sincerely.
[4] The Spirit of God has made me,
and the breath of the Almighty gives me life.
[5] If you can, answer me.
Set your words in order before me, and stand up.
[6] Behold, I am toward God even as you are.
I am also formed out of the clay.
[7] Behold, my terror will not make you afraid,
neither will my pressure be heavy on you. [8] “Surely you have spoken in my hearing,
I have heard the voice of your words, saying,
[9] ‘I am clean, without disobedience.
I am innocent, neither is there iniquity in me.
[10] Behold, he finds occasions against me.
He counts me for his enemy.
[11] He puts my feet in the stocks.
He marks all my paths.’ [12] “Behold, I will answer you. In this you are not just,
for God is greater than man.
[13] Why do you strive against him,
because he doesn’t give account of any of his matters?
[14] For God speaks once,
yes twice, though man pays no attention.
[15] In a dream, in a vision of the night,
when deep sleep falls on men,
in slumbering on the bed,
[16] then he opens the ears of men,
and seals their instruction,
[17] that he may withdraw man from his purpose,
and hide pride from man.
[18] He keeps back his soul from the pit,
and his life from perishing by the sword. [19] “He is chastened also with pain on his bed,
with continual strife in his bones,
[20] so that his life abhors bread,
and his soul dainty food.
[21] His flesh is so consumed away that it can’t be seen.
His bones that were not seen stick out.
[22] Yes, his soul draws near to the pit,
and his life to the destroyers. [23] “If there is beside him an angel,
an interpreter, one among a thousand,
to show to man what is right for him,
[24] then God is gracious to him, and says,
‘Deliver him from going down to the pit,
I have found a ransom.’
[25] His flesh will be fresher than a child’s.
He returns to the days of his youth.
[26] He prays to God, and he is favorable to him,
so that he sees his face with joy.
He restores to man his righteousness.
[27] He sings before men, and says,
‘I have sinned, and perverted that which was right,
and it didn’t profit me.
[28] He has redeemed my soul from going into the pit.
My life will see the light.’ [29] “Behold, God does all these things,
twice, yes three times, with a man,
[30] to bring back his soul from the pit,
that he may be enlightened with the light of the living.
[31] Mark well, Job, and listen to me.
Hold your peace, and I will speak.
[32] If you have anything to say, answer me.
Speak, for I desire to justify you.
[33] If not, listen to me.
Hold your peace, and I will teach you wisdom.”
and listen to all my words.
[2] See now, I have opened my mouth.
My tongue has spoken in my mouth.
[3] My words will utter the uprightness of my heart.
That which my lips know they will speak sincerely.
[4] The Spirit of God has made me,
and the breath of the Almighty gives me life.
[5] If you can, answer me.
Set your words in order before me, and stand up.
[6] Behold, I am toward God even as you are.
I am also formed out of the clay.
[7] Behold, my terror will not make you afraid,
neither will my pressure be heavy on you. [8] “Surely you have spoken in my hearing,
I have heard the voice of your words, saying,
[9] ‘I am clean, without disobedience.
I am innocent, neither is there iniquity in me.
[10] Behold, he finds occasions against me.
He counts me for his enemy.
[11] He puts my feet in the stocks.
He marks all my paths.’ [12] “Behold, I will answer you. In this you are not just,
for God is greater than man.
[13] Why do you strive against him,
because he doesn’t give account of any of his matters?
[14] For God speaks once,
yes twice, though man pays no attention.
[15] In a dream, in a vision of the night,
when deep sleep falls on men,
in slumbering on the bed,
[16] then he opens the ears of men,
and seals their instruction,
[17] that he may withdraw man from his purpose,
and hide pride from man.
[18] He keeps back his soul from the pit,
and his life from perishing by the sword. [19] “He is chastened also with pain on his bed,
with continual strife in his bones,
[20] so that his life abhors bread,
and his soul dainty food.
[21] His flesh is so consumed away that it can’t be seen.
His bones that were not seen stick out.
[22] Yes, his soul draws near to the pit,
and his life to the destroyers. [23] “If there is beside him an angel,
an interpreter, one among a thousand,
to show to man what is right for him,
[24] then God is gracious to him, and says,
‘Deliver him from going down to the pit,
I have found a ransom.’
[25] His flesh will be fresher than a child’s.
He returns to the days of his youth.
[26] He prays to God, and he is favorable to him,
so that he sees his face with joy.
He restores to man his righteousness.
[27] He sings before men, and says,
‘I have sinned, and perverted that which was right,
and it didn’t profit me.
[28] He has redeemed my soul from going into the pit.
My life will see the light.’ [29] “Behold, God does all these things,
twice, yes three times, with a man,
[30] to bring back his soul from the pit,
that he may be enlightened with the light of the living.
[31] Mark well, Job, and listen to me.
Hold your peace, and I will speak.
[32] If you have anything to say, answer me.
Speak, for I desire to justify you.
[33] If not, listen to me.
Hold your peace, and I will teach you wisdom.”