Job 33
1 Therefore, hear my speeches, Job, and listen to all my words.
“And yet, please, O Job, Hear my speech and give ear [to] all my words.
2 Behold, I have opened my mouth; let my tongue speak along with my throat.
Now behold, I have opened my mouth, My tongue has spoken in the palate.
3 My words are from my simple heart, and my lips will speak a pure judgment.
Of the uprightness of my heart [are] my sayings, And my lips have clearly spoken knowledge.
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 Mighty quickens me.
5 If you can, answer me, and oppose me to my face.
If you are able—answer me, Set in array before me—station yourself.
6 Behold, God has made me, just as he also has made you, and I, likewise, have been formed of the same clay.
Behold, I [am], according to your word, for God, I have also been formed from the clay.
7 So, truly, do not let my wonders terrify you, and do not let my eloquence be burdensome to you.
Behold, my terror does not frighten you, And my burden on you is not heavy.
8 For you have spoken in my hearing, and I have heard the voice of your words, saying:
Surely you have spoken in my ears, And the sounds of words I hear:
9 “I am clean and without sin; I am immaculate, and there is no iniquity in me.
I [am] pure, without transgression, I [am] innocent, and I have no iniquity.
10 Yet he has discovered blame in me, and so he has treated me like his enemy.
Behold, He develops hindrances against me, He reckons me for an enemy to Him,
11 He has put my feet in fetters; he has kept watch over all my ways.”
He puts my feet in the stocks, He watches all my paths.
12 Therefore, it is for this reason that you have not been justified. For I tell you that God is greater than man.
Behold, you have not been righteous [in] this, I answer you, that God is greater than man.
13 Do you contend against him because he has not responded to all of your words?
Why have you striven against Him, When [for] all His matters He does not answer?
14 God speaks once, and he does not repeat the same thing a second time.
For once God speaks, and twice (he does not behold 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—a vision of night, In the falling of deep sleep on men, In slumberings on a bed.
16 then, he opens the ears of men, and, educating them, he teaches discipline,
Then He uncovers the ear of men, And seals for their instruction,
17 so that he may divert a man from the things that he is doing, and may free him from pride,
To turn aside man [from] doing, And He conceals pride from man.
18 rescuing his soul from corruption and his life from passing away by the sword.
He keeps back his soul from corruption, And his life from passing away by a dart.
19 Likewise, he rebukes by sorrow in bed, and he causes all of his bones to become weak.
And he has been reproved With pain on his bed, And the strife of his bones [is] enduring.
20 Bread becomes abominable to him in his life, and, to his soul, the meat which before he desired.
And his life has nauseated bread, And his soul desirable food.
21 His body will waste away, and his bones, which had been covered, will be revealed.
His flesh is consumed from being seen, And his bones are high, they were not seen!
22 His soul has approached corruption, and his life has drawn near to what is deadly.
And his soul draws near to the pit, And his life to those causing death.
23 If there were an angel speaking for him, one among thousands, to declare the fairness of the man,
If there is a messenger by him, An interpreter—one of a thousand, To declare for man his uprightness,
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.
Then He favors him and says, Ransom him from going down to the pit, I have found an atonement.
25 His body is consumed by suffering. Let him return to the days of his youth.”
Fresher [is] his flesh than a child’s, He returns to the days of his youth.
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 supplication to God, And He accepts him. And he sees His face with shouting, And He returns to man His righteousness.
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.”
[Then] he looks on men and says, I sinned, and I have perverted uprightness, And it has not been profitable to me.
28 He has freed his soul from continuing into destruction, so that, in living, it may see the light.
He has ransomed my soul From going over into the pit, And my life looks on the light.
29 Behold, all these things God works three times within each one,
Behold, God works all these, Twice, [even] three times with man,
30 so that he may revive their souls from corruption and enlighten them with the light of life.
To bring back his soul from the pit, To be enlightened with the light of the living.
31 Pay attention Job, and listen to me; and remain silent, while I speak.
Attend, O Job, listen to me, Keep silent, and I speak.
32 Yet, if you have anything to say, answer me and speak, for I want you to be treated justly.
If there are words—answer me, Speak, for I have a desire to justify you.
33 But if you do not have anything to say, then listen to me. Be quiet and I will teach you wisdom.
If there are not—listen to me, Keep silent, and I teach you wisdom.”
