Job 33

1 Job 33:1 “However now, Job, please hear my speech, And listen to all my words.

2 Job 33:2 “Behold now, I open my mouth, My tongue in my mouth speaks.

3 Job 33:3 “My words are from the uprightness of my heart, And my lips speak knowledge sincerely.

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

5 Job 33:5 “Refute me if you can; Array yourselves before me, take your stand.

6 Job 33:6 “Behold, I belong to God like you; I too have been formed out of the clay.

7 Job 33:7 “Behold, no fear of me should terrify you, Nor should my pressure weigh heavily on you.

8 Job 33:8 “Surely you have spoken in my hearing, And I have heard the sound of your words:

9 Job 33:9 ‘I am pure, without transgression; I am innocent and there is no guilt in me.

10 Job 33:10 ‘Behold, He invents pretexts against me; He counts me as His enemy.

11 Job 33:11 ‘He puts my feet in the stocks; He watches all my paths.’

12 Job 33:12 “Behold, let me tell you, you are not right in this, For God is greater than man.

13 Job 33:13 “Why do you complain against Him That He does not give an account of all His doings?

14 Job 33:14 “Indeed God speaks once, Or twice, yet no one notices it.

15 Job 33:15 “In a dream, a vision of the night, When sound sleep falls on men, While they slumber in their beds,

16 Job 33:16 Then He opens the ears of men, And seals their instruction,

17 Job 33:17 That He may turn man aside from his conduct, And keep man from pride;

18 Job 33:18 He keeps back his soul from the pit, And his life from passing over into Sheol.

19 Job 33:19 “Man is also chastened with pain on his bed, And with unceasing complaint in his bones;

20 Job 33:20 So that his life loathes bread, And his soul favorite food.

21 Job 33:21 “His flesh wastes away from sight, And his bones which were not seen stick out.

22 Job 33:22 “Then his soul draws near to the pit, And his life to those who bring death.

23 Job 33:23 “If there is an angel as mediator for him, One out of a thousand, To remind a man what is right for him,

24 Job 33:24 Then let him be gracious to him, and say, ‘Deliver him from going down to the pit, I have found a ransom’;

25 Job 33:25 Let his flesh become fresher than in youth, Let him return to the days of his youthful vigor;

26 Job 33:26 Then he will pray to God, and He will accept him, That he may see His face with joy, And He may restore His righteousness to man.

27 Job 33:27 “He will sing to men and say, ‘I have sinned and perverted what is right, And it is not proper for me.

28 Job 33:28 ‘He has redeemed my soul from going to the pit, And my life shall see the light.’

29 Job 33:29 “Behold, God does all these oftentimes with men,

30 Job 33:30 To bring back his soul from the pit, That he may be enlightened with the light of life.

31 Job 33:31 “Pay attention, O Job, listen to me; Keep silent, and let me speak.

32 Job 33:32 “Then if you have anything to say, answer me; Speak, for I desire to justify you.

33 Job 33:33 “If not, listen to me; Keep silent, and I will teach you wisdom.”