AFV2020 - Job - 33

33:1  "Wherefore, Job, please hear my speech, and hearken to all my words.

33:2  Behold, now I have opened my mouth, my tongue has spoken in my mouth,

33:3  My words shall be from the uprightness of my heart, and my lips will clearly speak knowledge.

33:4  The Spirit of God has made me, and the breath of the Almighty gives me life.

33:5  If you can, answer me; set yourself in order before me, stand up.

33:6  Behold, I am according to your wish in God's stead; I also am formed out of the clay.

33:7  Behold, my terror shall not make you afraid, and my burden shall not be heavy upon you.

33:8  Surely you have spoken in my ears, and I have heard the sound of your words, saying,

33:9  'I am pure, without transgression; I am innocent, and there is no iniquity in me;

33:10  Behold, He finds occasions against me, He counts me as His enemy;

33:11  He puts my feet in the stocks; He marks all my paths.'

33:12  Behold, in this you are not right; I will answer you, for God is greater than man.

33:13  Why do you fight against Him? For He does not give account for any of His matters.

33:14  For God speaks once, yea, twice, yet man does not perceive it.

33:15  In a dream, a vision of the night, when deep sleep falls upon men; while they slumber upon the bed;

33:16  Then He opens the ear of men and seals their instruction,

33:17  So that He may turn man away from his own purpose, that He may keep man from pride.

33:18  He keeps back his soul from the pit, and his life from perishing by the sword.

33:19  He also chastened man with pain upon his bed, and with strong pain in his bones;

33:20  So that his life abhors bread, and his soul detests desirable food.

33:21  His flesh visibly consumes away; and his bones that were not seen stick out.

33:22  Yea, his soul draws near to the pit, and his life to the destroyers.

33:23  If there is a messenger for him, a mediator, one among a thousand, to vouch for a man's uprightness,

33:24  Then He is gracious to him and says, 'Deliver him from going down to the pit; for I have found a ransom.'

33:25  His flesh shall be fresher than a child's; he shall return to the days of his youth;

33:26  He shall pray to God, and He will be gracious to him; and he shall see His face with joy, for He will restore to man his righteousness.

33:27  He will observe men, and if any says, 'I have sinned and perverted what is right; and it profited me nothing,'

33:28  He will rescue his soul from going into the pit, and his life shall see the light.

33:29  Lo, all these things God does twice, yea, three times with a man,

33:30  To bring back his soul from the pit, to be enlightened with the light of the living.

33:31  Hear this, Job, hearken unto me; be silent and I will speak.

33:32  If you have anything to say, answer me; speak, for I desire to justify you.

33:33  If not, hearken unto me; be silent, and I will teach you wisdom."