1"However, Job, Please hear my speech, and listen to all my words.

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Job 13:6, Job 13:6, Job 34:2, Psalms 49:1, Psalms 49:3

2See now, I have opened my mouth. My tongue has spoken in my mouth.

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Job 3:1, Job 3:1, Matthew 5:2, Psalms 78:2, Job 31:30

3My words shall utter the uprightness of my heart. That which my lips know they shall speak sincerely.

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Job 27:4, Job 27:4, Proverbs 20:15, 1 Thessalonians 2:3, 1 Thessalonians 2:4

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

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Job 32:8, Job 32:8, Genesis 2:7, Genesis 2:7, Job 27:3

5If you can, answer me. Set your words in order before me, and stand forth.

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Job 33:32, Job 33:33, Job 33:32, Job 33:33, Job 32:12

6Behold, I am toward God even as you are. I am also formed out of the clay.

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Job 4:19, Job 4:19, Job 10:9, Exodus 4:16, 2 Corinthians 5:20

7Behold, my terror shall not make you afraid, neither shall my pressure be heavy on you.

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Job 13:21, Job 13:21, Job 9:34, Job 9:34, Psalms 88:16

8"Surely you have spoken in my hearing, I have heard the voice of your words, saying,

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Jeremiah 29:23, Deuteronomy 13:14, Jeremiah 29:23, Deuteronomy 13:14

9'I am clean, without disobedience. I am innocent, neither is there iniquity in me.

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Job 10:7, Job 16:17, Job 10:7, Job 16:17, Job 9:21

10Behold, he finds occasions against me. He counts me for his enemy.

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Job 13:24, Job 13:25, Job 19:11, Job 13:24, Job 13:25

11He puts my feet in the stocks. He marks all my paths.'

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Job 13:27, Job 13:27, Job 31:4, Job 31:4, Acts 16:24

12"Behold, I will answer you. In this you are not just, for God is greater than man.

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Job 36:5, Ezekiel 18:25, Job 36:5, Ezekiel 18:25, Ecclesiastes 7:20

13Why do you strive against him, because he doesn't give account of any of his matters?

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Job 40:2, Job 40:2, Isaiah 45:9, Isaiah 45:9, Ezekiel 22:14

14For God speaks once, yes twice, though man pays no attention.

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Proverbs 1:24, Proverbs 1:24, 2 Chronicles 33:10, 2 Chronicles 33:10, Psalms 62:11

15In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falls on men, in slumbering on the bed;

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Numbers 12:6, Numbers 12:6, Job 4:13, Job 4:13, Genesis 31:24

16Then he opens the ears of men, and seals their instruction,

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Job 36:10, Job 36:10, Job 36:15, Job 36:15, Psalms 40:6

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

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James 4:10, James 4:10, Job 17:11, 2 Corinthians 12:7, Isaiah 2:11

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

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2 Peter 3:9, Job 33:30, Job 33:28, 2 Peter 3:9, Job 33:30

19He is chastened also with pain on his bed, with continual strife in his bones;

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Job 30:17, Job 30:17, Psalms 119:71, Job 5:17, Job 5:18

20So that his life abhors bread, and his soul dainty food.

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Psalms 107:17, Psalms 107:18, Psalms 107:17, Psalms 107:18, Jeremiah 3:19

21His flesh is so consumed away, that it can't be seen. His bones that were not seen stick out.

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Job 19:20, Job 19:20, Proverbs 5:11, Proverbs 5:11, Job 7:5

22Yes, his soul draws near to the pit, and his life to the destroyers.

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2 Samuel 24:16, 2 Samuel 24:16, Acts 12:23, 1 Samuel 2:6, Job 15:21

23"If there is beside him an angel, an interpreter, one among a thousand, to show to man what is right for him;

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Malachi 3:1, Malachi 3:1, 2 Corinthians 5:20, Ecclesiastes 7:28, 2 Corinthians 5:20

24then God is gracious to him, and says, 'Deliver him from going down to the pit, I have found a ransom.'

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Psalms 49:7, Psalms 49:8, Matthew 20:28, Job 33:18, Psalms 49:7

25His flesh shall be fresher than a child's. He returns to the days of his youth.

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Psalms 103:5, Psalms 103:5, 2 Kings 5:14, 2 Kings 5:14, Joshua 14:10

26He prays to God, and he is favorable to him, so that he sees his face with joy. He restores to man his righteousness.

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Psalms 50:15, Psalms 50:15, Psalms 30:5, Psalms 30:5, Acts 2:28

27He sings before men, and says, 'I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, and it did not profit me.

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Romans 6:21, Romans 6:21, 2 Samuel 12:13, 2 Samuel 12:13, Psalms 14:2

28He has redeemed my soul from going into the pit. My life shall see the light.'

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Job 3:16, Job 33:24, Job 33:22, Job 3:9, Job 3:16

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

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1 Corinthians 12:6, Ephesians 1:11, Philippians 2:13, 1 Corinthians 12:6, Ephesians 1:11

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

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Psalms 56:13, Psalms 56:13, Isaiah 38:17, Isaiah 38:17, Psalms 40:1

31Mark well, Job, and listen to me. Hold your peace, and I will speak.

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Job 18:2, Job 18:2, Job 13:6, Job 21:2, Job 32:11

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

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Job 22:5, Job 22:9, Job 27:5, Job 15:4, Job 15:5

33If not, listen to me. Hold your peace, and I will teach you wisdom."

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Psalms 34:11, Psalms 34:11, Job 33:3, Proverbs 8:5, Proverbs 4:1