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Job 33

¹"But now, hear my speech, O Job, and listen to all my words.

²Behold, I open my mouth; the tongue in my mouth speaks.

³My words declare the uprightness of my heart, and what my lips know they speak sincerely.

⁴The spirit of God has made me, and the breath of the Almighty gives me life.

⁵Answer me, if you can; set your words in order before me; take your stand.

⁶Behold, I am toward God as you are; I too was formed from a piece of clay.

⁷Behold, no fear of me need terrify you; my pressure will not be heavy upon you.

⁸"Surely, you have spoken in my hearing, and I have heard the sound of your words.

⁹You say, `u say, "I am clean, without transgression; I am pure, and there is no iniquity in me.

¹⁰Behold, he finds occasions against me, he counts me as his enemy;

¹¹he puts my feet in the stocks, and watches all my paths.'

¹²"Behold, in this you are not right. I will answer you. God is greater than man.

¹³Why do you contend against him, saying, `He will answer none of my words'?

¹⁴For God speaks in one way, and in two, though man does not perceive it.

¹⁵In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falls upon men, while they slumber on their beds,

¹⁶then he opens the ears of men, and terrifies them with warnings,

¹⁷that he may turn man aside from his deed, and cut off pride from man;

¹⁸he keeps back his soul from the Pit, his life from perishing by the sword.

¹⁹"Man is also chastened with pain upon his bed, and with continual strife in his bones;

²⁰so that his life loathes bread, and his appetite dainty food.

²¹His flesh is so wasted away that it cannot be seen; and his bones which were not seen stick out.

²²His soul draws near the Pit, and his life to those who bring death.

²³If there be for him an angel, a mediator, one of the thousand, to declare to man what is right for him;

²⁴and he is gracious to him, and says, `eliver him from going down into the Pit, I have found a ransom;

²⁵let his flesh become fresh with youth; let him return to the days of his youthful vigor';

²⁶then man prays to God, and he accepts him, he comes into his presence with joy. He recounts to men his salvation,

²⁷and he sings before men, and says: `d perverted what was right, and it was not requited to me.

²⁸He has redeemed my soul from going down into the Pit, and my life shall see the light.'

²⁹"Behold, God does all these things, twice, three times, with a man,

³⁰to bring back his soul from the Pit, that he may see the light of life.

³¹Give heed, O Job, listen to me; be silent, and I will speak.

³²If you have anything to say, answer me; speak, for I desire to justify you.

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

Job 33 (RSV)

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Job

Chapter 33

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