Rotherham - Job - 33

33:1  But, in very deed, hear, I pray thee, Job, my discourse, and, to all my words, give thou ear.

33:2  Lo! I pray thee, I have opened my mouth, My tongue, with my palate, hath spoken,

33:3  Mine utterances come straight from mine own heart, and, what I know, my lips have truly spoken;

33:4  The spirit of GOD, hath made me, and, the inspiration of the Almighty, giveth me life.

33:5  If thou art able to answer me, Set in order before me—take thy stand!

33:6  Lo! I am like thyself toward GOD, From clay, have I been nipped off, even I!

33:7  Lo! my terror, will not startle thee, nor, my hand, upon thee, be heavy.

33:8  But thou hast spoken in mine ears, and, the sound of words, I heard:—

33:9  Pure am, I, without transgression,—Clean am, I, and have no iniquity;

33:10  Lo! occasions of hostility, would he find against me, He counteth me an enemy to him;

33:11  He putteth—in the stocks—my feet, He watcheth all my paths.

33:12  Lo! in this, thou hast not been right—let me answer thee, For, GOD, is greater than, man.

33:13  Wherefore, against him, hast thou contended? For, with none of his reasons, will he respond.

33:14  For, in one way, GOD may speak,—and, in a second way, one may not heed it:—

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

33:16  Then, uncovereth he the ear of men, and, on their correction, affixeth a seal;

33:17  To turn a son of earth from his deed, while yet, pride, from man he concealeth:

33:18  He keepeth back his said from the pit, and his life from passing away by a weapon.

33:19  Or he is chastised with pain, upon his bed, and, the strife of his bones, is unceasing!

33:20  So that his life maketh loathsome [his] food, and his soul, dainty meat;

33:21  His flesh wasteth away out of sight, and bared are the bones once unseen;

33:22  So doth his soul draw near to the pit, and his life to the inflicters of death:

33:23  If there hath been near him a messenger who could interpret—one of a thousand, to declare to the son of earth His uprightness,

33:24  Then hath he shewed him favour, and said, Set him free from going down to the pit, I have found a price of redemption!

33:25  His flesh hath been made fresher than a child’s, he hath returned to the days of his youth;

33:26  He made supplication unto GOD, who hath accepted him, and he hath beheld his face with a shout of triumph, Thus hath he given back to man his righteousness.

33:27  He sang before men, and said, I sinned, and, uprightness, I perverted, yet he requited me not;

33:28  He hath ransomed my soul from passing away into the pit,—and, my life, in the light, shall have vision.

33:29  Lo! a these things, doth GOD work, two ways, three, with a man;

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

33:31  Mark well, O Job, and hearken to me, Be silent, and, I, will speak:

33:32  If there is anything to say, reply to me, Speak, for I desire to justify thee;

33:33  If not, do, thou, hearken unto me, Be silent, that I may teach thee wisdom.