Job 33
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1"But now, Job, listen to my words; pay attention to everything I say.1“But now, O Job, hear my speech, and listen to all my words.
2I am about to open my mouth; my words are on the tip of my tongue.2Behold, I will open my mouth; my address is on the tip of my tongue.
3My words come from an upright heart; my lips sincerely speak what I know.3My words are from an upright heart, and my lips speak sincerely what I know.
4The Spirit of God has made me; the breath of the Almighty gives me life.4The Spirit of God has made me, and the breath of the Almighty gives me life.
5Answer me then, if you can; stand up and argue your case before me.5Refute me if you can; prepare your case and confront me.
6I am the same as you in God's sight; I too am a piece of clay.6I am just like you before God; I was also formed from clay.
7No fear of me should alarm you, nor should my hand be heavy on you.7Surely no fear of me should terrify you; nor will my hand be heavy upon you.
8"But you have said in my hearing-- I heard the very words--8Surely you have spoken in my hearing, and I have heard these very words:
9I am pure, I have done no wrong; I am clean and free from sin.9‘I am pure, without transgression; I am clean, with no iniquity in me.
10Yet God has found fault with me; he considers me his enemy.10Yet God finds occasions against me; He counts me as His enemy.
11He fastens my feet in shackles; he keeps close watch on all my paths.'11He puts my feet in the stocks; He watches over all my paths.’
12"But I tell you, in this you are not right, for God is greater than any mortal.12Behold, you are not right in this matter. I will answer you, for God is greater than man.
13Why do you complain to him that he responds to no one's words?13Why do you complain to Him that He answers nothing a man asks?
14For God does speak--now one way, now another-- though no one perceives it.14For God speaks in one way and in another, yet no one notices.
15In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falls on people as they slumber in their beds,15In a dream, in a vision in the night, when deep sleep falls upon men as they slumber on their beds,
16he may speak in their ears and terrify them with warnings,16He opens their ears and terrifies them with warnings
17to turn them from wrongdoing and keep them from pride,17to turn a man from wrongdoing and keep him from pride,
18to preserve them from the pit, their lives from perishing by the sword.18to preserve his soul from the Pit and his life from perishing by the sword.
19"Or someone may be chastened on a bed of pain with constant distress in their bones,19A man is also chastened on his bed with pain and constant distress in his bones,
20so that their body finds food repulsive and their soul loathes the choicest meal.20so that he detests his bread, and his soul loathes his favorite food.
21Their flesh wastes away to nothing, and their bones, once hidden, now stick out.21His flesh wastes away from sight, and his hidden bones protrude.
22They draw near to the pit, and their life to the messengers of death.22He draws near to the Pit, and his life to the messengers of death.
23Yet if there is an angel at their side, a messenger, one out of a thousand, sent to tell them how to be upright,23Yet if there is a messenger on his side, one mediator in a thousand, to tell a man what is right for him,
24and he is gracious to that person and says to God, 'Spare them from going down to the pit; I have found a ransom for them--24to be gracious to him and say, ‘Spare him from going down to the Pit; I have found his ransom,’
25let their flesh be renewed like a child's; let them be restored as in the days of their youth'--25then his flesh is refreshed like a child’s; he returns to the days of his youth.
26then that person can pray to God and find favor with him, they will see God's face and shout for joy; he will restore them to full well-being.26He prays to God and finds favor; he sees God’s face and shouts for joy, and God restores His righteousness to that man.
27And they will go to others and say, 'I have sinned, I have perverted what is right, but I did not get what I deserved.27Then he sings before men with these words: ‘I have sinned and perverted what was right; yet I did not get what I deserved.
28God has delivered me from going down to the pit, and I shall live to enjoy the light of life.'28He redeemed my soul from going down to the Pit, and I will live to see the light.’
29"God does all these things to a person-- twice, even three times--29Behold, all these things God does to a man, two or even three times,
30to turn them back from the pit, that the light of life may shine on them.30to bring back his soul from the Pit, that he may be enlightened with the light of life.
31"Pay attention, Job, and listen to me; be silent, and I will speak.31Pay attention, Job, and listen to me; be silent, and I will speak.
32If you have anything to say, answer me; speak up, for I want to vindicate you.32But if you have something to say, answer me; speak up, for I would like to vindicate you.
33But if not, then listen to me; be silent, and I will teach you wisdom."33But if not, then listen to me; be quiet, and I will teach you wisdom.”
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Job 32
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