Jubilee2000 - Job - 33

33:1  Therefore, Job, hear now my reasons, and hearken to all my words.

33:2  Behold, now I shall open my mouth, my tongue shall speak in my mouth.

33:3  My reasons declare the uprightness of my heart; and my lips shall utter pure knowledge.

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

33:5  If thou canst answer me, set [thy words] in order before me, stand up.

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

33:7  Behold, my terror shall not make thee afraid, neither shall my hand be heavy upon thee.

33:8  Surely thou hast spoken in my hearing, and I have heard the voice of [thy] words, [saying],

33:9  I am clean without rebellion, I [am] innocent; neither [is there] iniquity in me.

33:10  Behold, [God] sought occasions against me, he counts me for his enemy,

33:11  he put my feet in the stocks, he guards all my paths.

33:12  Behold, [in] this thou art not just; I will answer thee, that God is greater than man.

33:13  Why dost thou strive against him? For he will not answer all of thy words.

33:14  Nevertheless, in one or two manners God speaks to the one who does not see.

33:15  In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falls upon men, in slumberings upon the bed;

33:16  then he opens the ears of men and seals their instruction,

33:17  that he may withdraw the man [from his own] work and cover the man from pride.

33:18  [Thus] he keeps back his soul from the pit and his life from perishing by the sword.

33:19  He is chastened also upon his bed with strong pain in all his bones,

33:20  so that his life abhorrs bread and his soul dainty food.

33:21  His flesh is consumed away, that it cannot be seen; and his bones [that] were not seen stick out.

33:22  His soul shall draw near to the grave, and his life to those that would bury him.

33:23  If there is a messenger with him, an interpreter, one among a thousand, to show unto man his uprightness;

33:24  to tell him that [God] had mercy on him, that he delivered him from going down to the pit; that he found a ransom;

33:25  his flesh shall become more tender than a child's; and he shall return to the days of his youth.

33:26  He shall pray unto God, and he will love him; and he shall see his face with shouts of joy; for he will render unto the man the recompense of his righteousness.

33:27  He looks upon men, and [if any] say, I have sinned and perverted [that which was] right, and it did not profit me;

33:28  [God] will ransom his soul from going into the pit, and his life shall see the light.

33:29  Behold, God does all these thing two and three times with man,

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

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

33:32  If thou hast anything to say, answer me; speak, for I desire to justify thee.

33:33  If not, hearken unto me; be silent, and I shall teach thee wisdom.: