| Job 33:1 |
But now, Job, hear my speaking, / And give ear to all my words. |
| Job 33:2 |
Indeed now, I have opened my mouth; / My tongue has spoken in my mouth. |
| Job 33:3 |
My words [manifest] the uprightness of my heart, / And what my lips know they speak sincerely. |
| Job 33:4 |
The Spirit of God has made me, / And the breath of the Almighty has enlivened me. |
| Job 33:5 |
If you can, respond to me; / Arrange [your words] before me; take your stand. |
| Job 33:6 |
Indeed, I am before God as you are; / I too was cut out of clay. |
| Job 33:7 |
So no fear of me can terrify you, / Nor can my pressure be heavy upon you. |
| Job 33:8 |
You have surely spoken in my hearing, / And I have heard the voice of [your] words, [saying,] |
| Job 33:9 |
I am clean [and] without transgression; / I am pure, and there is no iniquity in me. |
| Job 33:10 |
See, He finds occasions for hostility against me; / He considers me as His enemy. |
| Job 33:11 |
He puts my feet in stocks; / He watches all my paths. |
| Job 33:12 |
However, in this you are not right, I will answer you, / For God is greater than man. |
| Job 33:13 |
Why do you contend with Him, / [Saying] that He does not answer for any of His affairs? |
| Job 33:14 |
For God speaks in one way, / Indeed in two ways, without any perceiving it-- |
| Job 33:15 |
In a dream, a night vision, / When deep sleep falls upon men / In the slumberings upon [their] beds-- |
| Job 33:16 |
Then He opens the ears of men / And seals up their instruction, |
| Job 33:17 |
That He may turn man aside [from his] doing / And hide pride from man. |
| Job 33:18 |
He keeps his soul from the pit, / And his life from perishing by the sword. |
| Job 33:19 |
He is also chastened with pain upon his bed / And with continual strife in his bones, |
| Job 33:20 |
So that his life abhors bread, / And his soul, fancy food. |
| Job 33:21 |
His flesh is so consumed that it cannot be seen, / And his bones that had not been seen stick out. |
| Job 33:22 |
And his soul draws near to the pit, / And his life, to the destroyers. |
| Job 33:23 |
If there is with him an angel, / An interpreter, one of a thousand, / To declare to man what is right for him, |
| Job 33:24 |
Then He will be gracious to him and will say, / Redeem him from going down into the pit; / I have found a ransom. |
| Job 33:25 |
His flesh will be fresher than in childhood; / He will return to the days of his youth. |
| Job 33:26 |
He will pray to God, and He will accept him, / So that he sees His face with joyous shouting; / And God restores to man his righteousness. |
| Job 33:27 |
He will sing to men and say, / I sinned and perverted what was right, / But it was not paid back to me. |
| Job 33:28 |
He has redeemed my soul from perishing in the pit, / And my life will see the light. |
| Job 33:29 |
Indeed, all these things God accomplishes for a man, / Twice, even three times, |
| Job 33:30 |
To bring his soul back from the pit, / To enlighten [him] with the light of the living. |
| Job 33:31 |
Take heed, Job; hear me. / Be silent, and I will speak. |
| Job 33:32 |
If you have anything to say, answer me; / Speak, for I desire to justify you. |
| Job 33:33 |
If not, you listen to me; / Be silent, and I will teach you wisdom. |