Job 33
1 Therefore, hear my speeches, Job, and listen to all my words.
And now, O Job, give ear to my words, and take note of all I say.
2 Behold, I have opened my mouth; let my tongue speak along with my throat.
See, now my mouth is open, my tongue gives out words.
3 My words are from my simple heart, and my lips will speak a pure judgment.
My heart is overflowing with knowledge, my lips say what is true.
4 The Spirit of God made me, and the breath of the Almighty gave me life.
The spirit of God has made me, and the breath of the Ruler of all gives me life.
5 If you can, answer me, and oppose me to my face.
If you are able, give me an answer; put your cause in order, and come forward.
6 Behold, God has made me, just as he also has made you, and I, likewise, have been formed of the same clay.
See, I am the same as you are in the eyes of God; I was cut off from the same bit of wet earth.
7 So, truly, do not let my wonders terrify you, and do not let my eloquence be burdensome to you.
Fear of me will not overcome you, and my hand will not be hard on you.
8 For you have spoken in my hearing, and I have heard the voice of your words, saying:
But you said in my hearing, and your voice came to my ears:
9 “I am clean and without sin; I am immaculate, and there is no iniquity in me.
I am clean, without sin; I am washed, and there is no evil in me:
10 Yet he has discovered blame in me, and so he has treated me like his enemy.
See, he is looking for something against me; in his eyes I am as one of his haters;
11 He has put my feet in fetters; he has kept watch over all my ways.”
He puts chains on my feet; he is watching all my ways.
12 Therefore, it is for this reason that you have not been justified. For I tell you that God is greater than man.
Truly, in saying this you are wrong; for God is greater than man.
13 Do you contend against him because he has not responded to all of your words?
Why do you put forward your cause against him, saying, He gives no answer to any of my words?
14 God speaks once, and he does not repeat the same thing a second time.
For God gives his word in one way, even in two, and man is not conscious of it:
15 Through a dream in a vision of the night, when a deep sleep falls over men, and they are sleeping in their beds,
In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep comes on men, while they take their rest on their beds;
16 then, he opens the ears of men, and, educating them, he teaches discipline,
Then he makes his secrets clear to men, so that they are full of fear at what they see;
17 so that he may divert a man from the things that he is doing, and may free him from pride,
In order that man may be turned from his evil works, and that pride may be taken away from him;
18 rescuing his soul from corruption and his life from passing away by the sword.
To keep back his soul from the underworld, and his life from destruction.
19 Likewise, he rebukes by sorrow in bed, and he causes all of his bones to become weak.
Pain is sent on him as a punishment, while he is on his bed; there is no end to the trouble in his bones;
20 Bread becomes abominable to him in his life, and, to his soul, the meat which before he desired.
He has no desire for food, and his soul is turned away from delicate meat;
21 His body will waste away, and his bones, which had been covered, will be revealed.
His flesh is so wasted away, that it may not be seen, and his bones. ...
22 His soul has approached corruption, and his life has drawn near to what is deadly.
And his soul comes near to the underworld, and his life to the angels of death.
23 If there were an angel speaking for him, one among thousands, to declare the fairness of the man,
If now there may be an angel sent to him, one of the thousands which there are to be between him and God, and to make clear to man what is right for him;
24 he will have mercy on him, and he will say, “Free him, so that he will not descend to destruction. I have found a reason to be favorable to him.
And if he has mercy on him, and says, Let him not go down to the underworld, I have given the price for his life:
25 His body is consumed by suffering. Let him return to the days of his youth.”
Then his flesh becomes young again, and he comes back to the days of his early strength;
26 He will beg pardon from God, and he will be soothing to him; and he will look upon his face in jubilation, and he will restore his justice to man.
He makes his prayer to God, and he has mercy on him; he sees God's face with cries of joy; he gives news of his righteousness to men;
27 He will consider mankind, and he will say: “I have sinned and truly I have offended, yet I was not treated as I deserved.”
He makes a song, saying, I did wrong, turning from the straight way, but he did not give me the reward of my sin.
28 He has freed his soul from continuing into destruction, so that, in living, it may see the light.
He kept my soul from the underworld, and my life sees the light in full measure.
29 Behold, all these things God works three times within each one,
Truly, God does all these things to man, twice and three times,
30 so that he may revive their souls from corruption and enlighten them with the light of life.
Keeping back his soul from the underworld, so that he may see the light of life.
31 Pay attention Job, and listen to me; and remain silent, while I speak.
Take note O Job, give ear to me; keep quiet, while I say what is in my mind.
32 Yet, if you have anything to say, answer me and speak, for I want you to be treated justly.
If you have anything to say, give me an answer; for it is my desire that you may be judged free from sin.
33 But if you do not have anything to say, then listen to me. Be quiet and I will teach you wisdom.
If not, give attention to me, and keep quiet, and I will give you wisdom.
