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

1But now, Job, pay attention to my speech, and listen to all my words.

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

2I am going to open my mouth; my tongue will form words on my palate.

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

3My words come from my upright heart, and my lips speak with sincerity what they know.

4"The spirit of God fashioned me; and 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, if you can! Present your case! Take your stand in my presence!

5Refute me if you can. Prepare your case against me; take your stand.

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

6I am just like you before God; I was also pinched off from a piece of clay.

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

7Fear of me should not terrify you; no pressure from me should weigh you down.

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

8Surely you have spoken in my hearing, and I have heard these very words:

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

9"I am pure, without transgression; I am clean and have no iniquity.

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

10But he finds reasons to oppose me; he regards me as his enemy.

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

11He puts my feet in the stocks; he stands watch over all my paths."

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

12But I tell you that you are wrong in this matter, since God is greater than man.

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

13Why do you take him to court for not answering anything a person asks?

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

14For God speaks time and again, but a person may not notice it.

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

15In a dream, a vision in the night, when deep sleep comes over people as they slumber on their beds,

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

16he uncovers their ears and terrifies them with warnings,

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

17in order to turn a person from his actions and suppress the pride of a person.

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

18God spares his soul from the Pit, his life from crossing the river of death.

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

19A person may be disciplined on his bed with pain and constant distress in his bones,

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

20so that he detests bread, and his soul despises his favorite food.

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

21His flesh wastes away to nothing, and his unseen bones stick out.

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

22He draws near to the Pit, and his life to the executioners.

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,

23If there is an angel on his side, one mediator out of a thousand, to tell a person what is right for him

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

24and to be gracious to him and say, "Spare him from going down to the Pit; I have found a ransom,"

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

25then his flesh will be healthier than in his youth, and he will return to the days of his youthful vigor.

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

26He will pray to God, and God will delight in him. That person will see his face with a shout of joy, and God will restore his righteousness to him.

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.

27He will look at men and say, "I have sinned and perverted what was right; yet I did not get what I deserved.

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

28He redeemed my soul from going down to the Pit, and I will continue to see the light."

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

29God certainly does all these things two or three times to a person

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

30in order to turn him back from the Pit, so he may shine with the light of life.

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

31Pay attention, Job, and listen to me. Be quiet, and I will speak.

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

32But if you have something to say, answer me; speak, for I would like to justify you.

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

33If not, then listen to me; be quiet, and I will teach you wisdom.

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