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1“Listen to my words, Job; pay attention to what I have to say.

1"Now please listen to what I have to say, Job. Listen to every word!

2Now that I have begun to speak, let me continue.

2Look! I've begun to speak, and I'm fashioning my words.

3I speak with all sincerity; I speak the truth.

3I speak from the innocence of my heart; and my lips will utter what I sincerely know.

4For the Spirit of God has made me, and the breath of the Almighty gives me life.

4"The spirit of God fashioned me; and the breath of the Almighty gives me life.

5Answer me, if you can; make your case and take your stand.

5Answer me, if you can! Present your case! Take your stand in my presence!

6Look, you and I both belong to God. I, too, was formed from clay.

6Look! As far as God is concerned, I'm just like you are— I, too, have been pinched off from a piece of clay.

7So you don’t need to be afraid of me. I won’t come down hard on you.

7Don't be afraid of me; I'll go easy on you."

8“You have spoken in my hearing, and I have heard your very words.

8"You spoke clearly so I could hear; I've heard what you've said:

9You said, ‘I am pure; I am without sin; I am innocent; I have no guilt.

9I'm pure. I'm without sin; I'm innocent. I'm harboring no iniquity inside of me.

10God is picking a quarrel with me, and he considers me his enemy.

10Nevertheless, God has found a pretext to attack me; he considers me his enemy.

11He puts my feet in the stocks and watches my every move.’

11He has bound my feet in shackles, and keeps watching everything I do.'"

12“But you are wrong, and I will show you why. For God is greater than any human being.

12"You aren't right about this; My response is that God is greater than human beings.

13So why are you bringing a charge against him? Why say he does not respond to people’s complaints?

13Why are you arguing with him? He doesn't have to give explanations for what he does to you!

14For God speaks again and again, though people do not recognize it.

14"God speaks time and time again — but nobody notices—

15He speaks in dreams, in visions of the night, when deep sleep falls on people as they lie in their beds.

15in a dream or night vision, when a deep sleep falls on mankind while they sleep on their beds.

16He whispers in their ears and terrifies them with warnings.

16That's when he opens the ear of mankind, authenticating his messages to them,

17He makes them turn from doing wrong; he keeps them from pride.

17turning a person from his actions, keeping him from pride,

18He protects them from the grave, from crossing over the river of death.

18sparing his soul from the Pit and his life from violent death.

19“Or God disciplines people with pain on their sickbeds, with ceaseless aching in their bones.

19"He is being reproved by painful bed rest, with continual aching in his bones.

20They lose their appetite for even the most delicious food.

20He cannot stand his food, and he has no desire for appetizing food.

21Their flesh wastes away, and their bones stick out.

21His flesh wastes away; his bones, which once couldn't be seen, are visible.

22They are at death’s door; the angels of death wait for them.

22His soul is getting close to the Pit; his life is approaching its executioner."

23“But if an angel from heaven appears— a special messenger to intercede for a person and declare that he is upright—

23"If there's a messenger appointed to mediate for Job —one out of a thousand— to represent the man's integrity on his behalf,

24he will be gracious and say, ‘Rescue him from the grave, for I have found a ransom for his life.’

24to show favor to him and to plead, 'Deliver him from having to go down to the Pit — I know where his ransom is!'

25Then his body will become as healthy as a child’s, firm and youthful again.

25Let his flesh be rejuvenated as he was in his youth! Let him recover the strength of his youth.

26When he prays to God, he will be accepted. And God will receive him with joy and restore him to good standing.

26Let him pray to God and he will accept him; he will appear before him with joyful shouts!"

27He will declare to his friends, ‘I sinned and twisted the truth, but it was not worth it.

27"He'll sing to mankind with these words: 'I've sinned. I have twisted what is right. Yet he has not repaid me like I deserve.

28God rescued me from the grave, and now my life is filled with light.’

28He has redeemed my soul from going down to the Pit; my life will see the light.'

29“Yes, God does these things again and again for people.

29Indeed God does all these things again and again with a person

30He rescues them from the grave so they may enjoy the light of life.

30to bring back his soul from the Pit; to light him with the light of life."

31Mark this well, Job. Listen to me, for I have more to say.

31"Job, pay attention! Listen to me! Be silent and let me speak.

32But if you have anything to say, go ahead. Speak, for I am anxious to see you justified.

32If you have anything to say, answer me; speak up, because I'd be happy to vindicate you.

33But if not, then listen to me. Keep silent and I will teach you wisdom!”

33But if you have nothing to say, then at least listen to me! Be quiet and learn some wisdom from me."

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