New American Standard Bible Elihu Claims to Speak for God 1However now, Job, please hear my speech, And listen to all my words.
2Behold now, I open my mouth,
3My words are from the uprightness of my heart,
4The Spirit of God has made me,
5Refute me if you can;
6Behold, I belong to God like you;
7Behold, no fear of me should terrify you,
8Surely you have spoken in my hearing,
9I am pure, without transgression;
10Behold, He invents pretexts against me;
11He puts my feet in the stocks;
12Behold, let me tell you, you are not right in this,
13Why do you complain against Him
14Indeed God speaks once,
15In a dream, a vision of the night,
16Then He opens the ears of men,
17That He may turn man aside from his conduct,
18He keeps back his soul from the pit,
19Man is also chastened with pain on his bed,
20So that his life loathes bread,
21His flesh wastes away from sight,
22Then his soul draws near to the pit,
23If there is an angel as mediator for him,
24Then let him be gracious to him, and say,
25Let his flesh become fresher than in youth,
26Then he will pray to God, and He will accept him,
27He will sing to men and say,
28He has redeemed my soul from going to the pit, 29Behold, God does all these oftentimes with men,
30To bring back his soul from the pit,
31Pay attention, O Job, listen to me;
32Then if you have anything to say, answer me;
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