Job 33
Job 33
“However, Job, please hear my speech, and listen to all my words. Verse 2. See now, I have opened my mouth. My tongue has spoken in my mouth. Verse 3. My words will utter the uprightness of my heart. That which my lips know they will speak sincerely. Verse 4. The Spirit of God has made me, and the breath of the Almighty gives me life. Verse 5. If you can, answer me. Set your words in order before me, and stand up. Verse 6. Behold, I am toward God even as you are. I am also formed out of the clay. Verse 7. Behold, my terror will not make you afraid, neither will my pressure be heavy on you. Verse 8. “Surely you have spoken in my hearing, I have heard the voice of your words, saying, Verse 9. ‘I am clean, without disobedience. I am innocent, neither is there iniquity in me. Verse 10. Behold, he finds occasions against me. He counts me for his enemy. Verse 11. He puts my feet in the stocks. He marks all my paths.’ Verse 12. “Behold, I will answer you. In this you are not just, for God is greater than man. Verse 13. Why do you strive against him, because he doesn’t give account of any of his matters? Verse 14. For God speaks once, yes twice, though man pays no attention. Verse 15. In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falls on men, in slumbering on the bed, Verse 16. then he opens the ears of men, and seals their instruction, Verse 17. that he may withdraw man from his purpose, and hide pride from man. Verse 18. He keeps back his soul from the pit, and his life from perishing by the sword. Verse 19. “He is chastened also with pain on his bed, with continual strife in his bones, Verse 20. so that his life abhors bread, and his soul dainty food. Verse 21. His flesh is so consumed away that it can’t be seen. His bones that were not seen stick out. Verse 22. Yes, his soul draws near to the pit, and his life to the destroyers. Verse 23. “If there is beside him an angel, an interpreter, one among a thousand, to show to man what is right for him, Verse 24. then God is gracious to him, and says, ‘Deliver him from going down to the pit, I have found a ransom.’ Verse 25. His flesh will be fresher than a child’s. He returns to the days of his youth. Verse 26. He prays to God, and he is favorable to him, so that he sees his face with joy. He restores to man his righteousness. Verse 27. He sings before men, and says, ‘I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, and it didn’t profit me. Verse 28. He has redeemed my soul from going into the pit. My life will see the light.’ Verse 29. “Behold, God does all these things, twice, yes three times, with a man, Verse 30. to bring back his soul from the pit, that he may be enlightened with the light of the living. Verse 31. Mark well, Job, and listen to me. Hold your peace, and I will speak. Verse 32. If you have anything to say, answer me. Speak, for I desire to justify you. Verse 33. If not, listen to me. Hold your peace, and I will teach you wisdom.”