Job 33
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1“But please, Job, hear my speech, And listen to all my words.1"But now, Job, listen to my words; pay attention to everything I say.
2Now, I open my mouth; My tongue speaks in my mouth.2I am about to open my mouth; my words are on the tip of my tongue.
3My words come from my upright heart; My lips utter pure knowledge.3My words come from an upright heart; my lips sincerely speak what I know.
4The Spirit of God has made me, And the breath of the Almighty gives me life.4The Spirit of God has made me; the breath of the Almighty gives me life.
5If you can answer me, Set your words in order before me; Take your stand.5Answer me then, if you can; stand up and argue your case before me.
6Truly I am as your spokesman before God; I also have been formed out of clay.6I am the same as you in God's sight; I too am a piece of clay.
7Surely no fear of me will terrify you, Nor will my hand be heavy on you.7No fear of me should alarm you, nor should my hand be heavy on you.
8“Surely you have spoken in my hearing, And I have heard the sound of your words, saying,8"But you have said in my hearing-- I heard the very words--
9‘I am pure, without transgression; I am innocent, and there is no iniquity in me.9I am pure, I have done no wrong; I am clean and free from sin.
10Yet He finds occasions against me, He counts me as His enemy;10Yet God has found fault with me; he considers me his enemy.
11He puts my feet in the stocks, He watches all my paths.’11He fastens my feet in shackles; he keeps close watch on all my paths.'
12“Look, in this you are not righteous. I will answer you, For God is greater than man.12"But I tell you, in this you are not right, for God is greater than any mortal.
13Why do you contend with Him? For He does not give an accounting of any of His words.13Why do you complain to him that he responds to no one's words?
14For God may speak in one way, or in another, Yet man does not perceive it.14For God does speak--now one way, now another-- though no one perceives it.
15In a dream, in a vision of the night, When deep sleep falls upon men, While slumbering on their beds,15In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falls on people as they slumber in their beds,
16Then He opens the ears of men, And seals their instruction.16he may speak in their ears and terrify them with warnings,
17In order to turn man from his deed, And conceal pride from man,17to turn them from wrongdoing and keep them from pride,
18He keeps back his soul from the Pit, And his life from perishing by the sword.18to preserve them from the pit, their lives from perishing by the sword.
19Man is also chastened with pain on his bed, And with strong pain in many of his bones,19"Or someone may be chastened on a bed of pain with constant distress in their bones,
20So that his life abhors bread, And his soul succulent food.20so that their body finds food repulsive and their soul loathes the choicest meal.
21His flesh wastes away from sight, And his bones stick out which once were not seen.21Their flesh wastes away to nothing, and their bones, once hidden, now stick out.
22Yes, his soul draws near the Pit, And his life to the executioners.22They draw near to the pit, and their life to the messengers of death.
23“If there is a messenger for him, A mediator, one among a thousand, To show man His uprightness,23Yet if there is an angel at their side, a messenger, one out of a thousand, sent to tell them how to be upright,
24Then He is gracious to him, and says, ‘Deliver him from going down to the Pit; I have found a ransom’;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--
25His flesh shall be young like a child’s, He shall return to the days of his youth.25let their flesh be renewed like a child's; let them be restored as in the days of their youth'--
26He shall pray to God, and He will delight in him, He shall see His face with joy, For He restores to man His righteousness.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.
27Then he looks at men and says, ‘I have sinned, and perverted what was right, And it did not profit me.’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.
28He will redeem his soul from going down to the Pit, And his life shall see the light.28God has delivered me from going down to the pit, and I shall live to enjoy the light of life.'
29“Behold, God works all these things, Twice, in fact, three times with a man,29"God does all these things to a person-- twice, even three times--
30To bring back his soul from the Pit, That he may be enlightened with the light of life.30to turn them back from the pit, that the light of life may shine on them.
31“Give ear, Job, listen to me; Hold your peace, and I will speak.31"Pay attention, Job, and listen to me; be silent, and I will speak.
32If you have anything to say, answer me; Speak, for I desire to justify you.32If you have anything to say, answer me; speak up, for I want to vindicate you.
33If not, listen to me; Hold your peace, and I will teach you wisdom.”33But if not, then listen to me; be silent, and I will teach you wisdom."
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