Jb 33:1 But now, Job, hear my speaking, / And give ear to all my words.
Jb 33:2 Indeed now, I have opened my mouth; / My tongue has spoken in my mouth.
Jb 33:3 My words manifest the uprightness of my heart, / And what my lips know they speak sincerely.
Jb 33:4 The Spirit of God has made me, / And the breath of the Almighty has enlivened me.
Jb 33:5 If you can, respond to me; / Arrange your words before me; take your stand.
Jb 33:6 Indeed, I am before God as you are; / I too was cut out of clay.
Jb 33:7 So no fear of me can terrify you, / Nor can my pressure be heavy upon you.
Jb 33:8 You have surely spoken in my hearing, / And I have heard the voice of your words, saying,
Jb 33:9 I am clean and without transgression; / I am pure, and there is no iniquity in me.
Jb 33:10 See, He finds occasions for hostility against me; / He considers me as His enemy.
Jb 33:11 He puts my feet in stocks; / He watches all my paths.
Jb 33:12 However, in this you are not right, I will answer you, / For God is greater than man.
Jb 33:13 Why do you contend with Him, / Saying that He does not answer for any of His affairs?
Jb 33:14 For God speaks in one way, / Indeed in two ways, without any perceiving it —
Jb 33:15 In a dream, a night vision, / When deep sleep falls upon men / In the slumberings upon their beds —
Jb 33:16 Then He opens the ears of men / And seals up their instruction,
Jb 33:17 That He may turn man aside from his doing / And hide pride from man.
Jb 33:18 He keeps his soul from the pit, / And his life from perishing by the sword.
Jb 33:19 He is also chastened with pain upon his bed / And with continual strife in his bones,
Jb 33:20 So that his life abhors bread, / And his soul, fancy food.
Jb 33:21 His flesh is so consumed that it cannot be seen, / And his bones that had not been seen stick out.
Jb 33:22 And his soul draws near to the pit, / And his life, to the destroyers.
Jb 33:23 If there is with him an angel, / An interpreter, one of a thousand, / To declare to man what is right for him,
Jb 33:24 Then He will be gracious to him and will say, / Redeem him from going down into the pit; / I have found a ransom.
Jb 33:25 His flesh will be fresher than in childhood; / He will return to the days of his youth.
Jb 33:26 He will pray to God, and He will accept him, / So that he sees His face with joyous shouting; / And God restores to man his righteousness.
Jb 33:27 He will sing to men and say, / I sinned and perverted what was right, / But it was not paid back to me.
Jb 33:28 He has redeemed my soul from perishing in the pit, / And my life will see the light.
Jb 33:29 Indeed, all these things God accomplishes for a man, / Twice, even three times,
Jb 33:30 To bring his soul back from the pit, / To enlighten him with the light of the living.
Jb 33:31 Take heed, Job; hear me. / Be silent, and I will speak.
Jb 33:32 If you have anything to say, answer me; / Speak, for I desire to justify you.
Jb 33:33 If not, you listen to me; / Be silent, and I will teach you wisdom.
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