Job 33:1-21 ▼

1 “And yet, please, O Job, || Hear my speech and give ear [to] all my words.

2 Now behold, I have opened my mouth, || My tongue has spoken in the palate.

3 Of the uprightness of my heart [are] my sayings, || And my lips have clearly spoken knowledge.

4 The Spirit of God has made me, || And the breath of the Mighty quickens me.

5 If you are able—answer me, || Set in array before me—station yourself.

6 Behold, I [am], according to your word, for God, || I have also been formed from the clay.

7 Behold, my terror does not frighten you, || And my burden on you is not heavy.

8 Surely you have spoken in my ears, || And the sounds of words I hear:

9 I [am] pure, without transgression, || I [am] innocent, and I have no iniquity.

10 Behold, He develops hindrances against me, || He reckons me for an enemy to Him,

11 He puts my feet in the stocks, || He watches all my paths.

12 Behold, you have not been righteous [in] this, || I answer you, that God is greater than man.

13 Why have you striven against Him, || When [for] all His matters He does not answer?

14 For once God speaks, and twice (he does not behold it),

15 In a dream—a vision of night, || In the falling of deep sleep on men, || In slumberings on a bed.

16 Then He uncovers the ear of men, || And seals for their instruction,

17 To turn aside man [from] doing, || And He conceals pride from man.

18 He keeps back his soul from corruption, || And his life from passing away by a dart.

19 And he has been reproved || With pain on his bed, || And the strife of his bones [is] enduring.

20 And his life has nauseated bread, || And his soul desirable food.

21 His flesh is consumed from being seen, || And his bones are high, they were not seen!