AB - Job - 33

33:1  But please, Job, hear my words, and listen to my speech.

33:2  For behold, I have opened my mouth, and my tongue has spoken.

33:3  My heart shall be found pure by my words; and the understanding of my lips shall meditate purity.

33:4  The Divine Spirit is that which formed me, and the breath of the Almighty is that which teaches me.

33:5  If you can, give me an answer: wait therefore; stand against me, and I will stand against you.

33:6  You are formed out of the clay as I also: we have been formed out of the same substance.

33:7  My fear shall not terrify you, neither shall my hand be heavy upon you.

33:8  But you have said in my ears, (I have heard the voice of your words) because you say, I am pure, not having sinned;

33:9  I am blameless, for I have not transgressed.

33:10  Yet He has discovered a charge against me, and He has reckoned me as an adversary.

33:11  And He has put my foot in the stocks, and has watched all my ways.

33:12  For how do you say, I am righteous, yet He has not listened to me? For He that is above mortals is eternal.

33:13  But you say, Why has He not heard every word of my cause?

33:14  For when the Lord speaks once, or a second time,

33:15  sending a dream, or in the meditation of the night (as when a dreadful alarm happens to fall upon men, while sleeping on the bed),

33:16  then He opens the understanding of men: He scares them with such fearful visions;

33:17  to turn a man from unrighteousness, and He delivers his body from a fall.

33:18  He spares also his soul from death, and does not allow him to fall in war.

33:19  And again, He chastens him with sickness on his bed, and the multitude of his bones are pained.

33:20  And he shall not be able to take any food, though his soul shall desire meat;

33:21  until his flesh shall be consumed, and he shall show his bones bare.

33:22  His soul also draws near to death, and his life is in Hades.

33:23  Though there should be a thousand messengers of death, not one of them shall wound him: if he should purpose in his heart to turn to the Lord, and declare to man his fault, and show his folly;

33:24  He will support him, that he should not perish, and will restore his body as fresh plaster upon a wall; and He will fill his bones with marrow.

33:25  And He will make his flesh tender as that of a babe, and He will restore him among men in his full strength.

33:26  And he shall pray to the Lord, and his prayer shall be accepted by Him; he shall enter with a cheerful countenance, with a full expression of praise: for He will render to men their due.

33:27  Even then a man shall blame himself, saying, What kind of things have I done? And He has not punished me according to the full amount of my sins.

33:28  Deliver my soul, that it may not go to destruction, and my life shall see the light.

33:29  Behold, all these things, the Mighty One works in a threefold manner with a man.

33:30  And He has delivered my soul from death, that my life may praise Him in the light.

33:31  Give ear, Job, and hear me: be silent, and I will speak.

33:32  If you have words, answer me: speak, for I desire you to be justified.

33:33  If not, listen to me: be silent, and I will teach you.