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