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Job 33

¹Hear therefore, O Job, my speeches, and hearken to all my words.

²Behold now I have opened my mouth, let my tongue speak within my jaws.

³My words are from my upright heart, and my lips shall speak a pure sentence.

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

⁵If thou canst, answer me, and stand up against my face.

⁶Behold God hath made me as well as thee, and of the same clay I also was formed.

⁷But yet let not my wonder terrify thee, and let not my eloquence be burdensome to thee.

⁸Now thou hast said in my hearing, and I have heard the voice of thy words:

⁹I am clean, and without sin: I am unspotted, and there is no iniquity in me.

¹⁰Because he hath found complaints against me, therefore he hath counted me for his enemy.

¹¹He hath put my feet in the stocks, he hath observed all my paths.

¹²Now this is the thing in which thou art not justified: I will answer thee, that God is greater than man.

¹³Dost thou strive against him, because he hath not answered thee to all words?

¹⁴God speaketh once, and repeateth not the selfsame thing the second time.

¹⁵By a dream in a vision by night, when deep sleep falleth upon men, and they are sleeping in their beds:

¹⁶Then he openeth the ears of men, and teaching instructeth them in what they are to learn.

¹⁷That he may withdraw a man from the things he is doing, and may deliver him from pride.

¹⁸Rescuing his soul from corruption: and his life from passing to the sword.

¹⁹He rebuketh also by sorrow in the bed, and he maketh all his bones to wither.

²⁰Bread becometh abominable to him in his life, and to his soul the meat which before he desired.

²¹His flesh shall be consumed away, and his bones that were covered shall be made bare.

²²His soul hath drawn near to corruption, and his life to the destroyers.

²³If there shall be an angel speaking for him, one among thousands, to declare man's uprightness,

²⁴He shall have mercy on him, and shall say: Deliver him, that he may not go down to corruption: I have found wherein I may be merciful to him.

²⁵His flesh is consumed with punishments, let him return to the days of his youth.

²⁶He shall pray to God, and he will be gracious to him: and he shall see his face with joy, and he will render to man his justice.

²⁷He shall look upon men, and shall say: I have sinned, and indeed I have offended, and I have not received what I have deserved.

²⁸He hath delivered his soul from going into destruction, that it may live and see the light.

²⁹Behold, all these things God worketh three times within every one.

³⁰That he may withdraw their souls from corruption, and enlighten them with the light of the living.

³¹Attend, Job, and hearken to me, and hold thy peace, whilst I speak.

³²But if thou hast any thing to say, answer me, speak: for I would have thee to appear just.

³³And if thou have not, hear me: hold thy peace, and I will teach thee wisdom.

Job 33

¹Wherefore, Job, I pray thee, hear my speeches, and hearken to all my words.

²Behold, now I have opened my mouth, my tongue hath spoken in my mouth.

³My words shall be of the uprightness of my heart: and my lips shall utter knowledge clearly.

⁴The Spirit of God hath made me, and the breath of the Almighty hath given me life.

⁵If thou canst answer me, set thy words in order before me, stand up.

⁶Behold, I am according to thy wish in God’s stead: I also am formed out of the clay.

⁷Behold, my terror shall not make thee afraid, neither shall my hand be heavy upon thee.

⁸Surely thou hast spoken in mine hearing, and I have heard the voice of thy words, saying,

⁹I am clean without transgression, I am innocent; neither is there iniquity in me.

¹⁰Behold, he findeth occasions against me, he counteth me for his enemy,

¹¹He putteth my feet in the stocks, he marketh all my paths.

¹²Behold, in this thou art not just: I will answer thee, that God is greater than man.

¹³Why dost thou strive against him? for he giveth not account of any of his matters.

¹⁴For God speaketh once, yea twice, yet man perceiveth it not.

¹⁵In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falleth upon men, in slumberings upon the bed;

¹⁶Then he openeth the ears of men, and sealeth their instruction,

¹⁷That he may withdraw man from his purpose, and hide pride from man.

¹⁸He keepeth back his soul from the pit, and his life from perishing by the sword.

¹⁹He is chastened also with pain upon his bed, and the multitude of his bones with strong pain:

²⁰So that his life abhorreth bread, and his soul dainty meat.

²¹His flesh is consumed away, that it cannot be seen; and his bones that were not seen stick out.

²²Yea, his soul draweth near unto the grave, and his life to the destroyers.

²³If there be a messenger with him, an interpreter, one among a thousand, to shew unto man his uprightness:

²⁴Then he is gracious unto him, and saith, Deliver him from going down to the pit: I have found a ransom.

²⁵His flesh shall be fresher than a child’s: he shall return to the days of his youth:

²⁶He shall pray unto God, and he will be favourable unto him: and he shall see his face with joy: for he will render unto man his righteousness.

²⁷He looketh upon men, and if any say, I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, and it profited me not;

²⁸He will deliver his soul from going into the pit, and his life shall see the light.

²⁹Lo, all these things worketh God oftentimes with man,

³⁰To bring back his soul from the pit, to be enlightened with the light of the living.

³¹Mark well, O Job, hearken unto me: hold thy peace, and I will speak.

³²If thou hast any thing to say, answer me: speak, for I desire to justify thee.

³³If not, hearken unto me: hold thy peace, and I shall teach thee wisdom.