Job 33
1 Wherefore, Iob, I pray thee, heare my talke and hearken vnto all my wordes.
“But now, Job, listen carefully to all that I am going to say [DOU].
2 Beholde now, I haue opened my mouth: my tongue hath spoken in my mouth.
I am ready to tell you [MTY, DOU] [what I think].
3 My words are in the vprightnesse of mine heart, and my lippes shall speake pure knowledge.
I know that I am speaking honestly and that I am speaking [MTY] sincerely.
4 The Spirite of God hath made me, and the breath of the Almightie hath giuen me life.
Almighty God has created me [as well as you], and his breath has caused me to live.
5 If thou canst giue me answere, prepare thy selfe and stand before me.
So, answer [what] I [say] if you can; think carefully [about how you will reply to me].
6 Beholde, I am according to thy wish in Gods stead: I am also formed of the clay.
“God considers that you, and I are both [equal]; he formed both of us from clay.
7 Beholde, my terrour shall not feare thee, neither shall mine hand be heauie vpon thee.
So you do not need to be afraid of me; I will not crush/oppress you [by what I say] [MTY].
8 Doubtles thou hast spoken in mine eares, and I haue heard the voyce of thy wordes.
I have heard you [DOU] speaking, and this is what you have said:
9 I am cleane, without sinne: I am innocent, and there is none iniquitie in me.
‘I am innocent; I have not committed any sins; I am pure; I have not done things that are wrong.
10 Lo, he hath found occasions against me, and counted me for his enemie.
But God finds reasons to accuse me, and he considers that I am his enemy.
11 He hath put my feete in the stockes, and looketh narrowly vnto all my paths.
[It is as though] he has put my feet (in stocks/between wooden blocks to prevent me from walking away), and he watches everything that I do.’ [MTY]
12 Behold, in this hast thou not done right: I will answere thee, that God is greater then man.
But what you have said is wrong, and I will tell you [what you have said that is wrong]. God is much greater than any human.
13 Why doest thou striue against him? for he doeth not giue account of all his matters.
So, (why are you arguing against God, saying ‘He never answers my questions’?/you should not be arguing against God, saying ‘He never answers my questions.’) [RHQ]
14 For God speaketh once or twise, and one seeth it not.
God does speak [to us] in various ways, but we do not pay any attention to what he says.
15 In dreames and visions of the night, when sleepe falleth vpon men, and they sleepe vpon their beds,
[Sometimes he speaks to us] at night in dreams and visions, when we are on our beds, asleep [DOU].
16 Then he openeth the eares of men, euen by their corrections, which he had sealed,
He reveals things [MTY] to us and terrifies us by the things he warns us about.
17 That he might cause man to turne away from his enterprise, and that he might hide the pride of man,
He tell us those things in order that we stop doing [evil] things and to prevent us from becoming proud.
18 And keepe backe his soule from the pit, and that his life should not passe by the sword.
He does not want us to be destroyed [MTY]; he wants to prevent us from dying [MTY] [while we are still young].
19 He is also striken with sorow vpon his bed, and the griefe of his bones is sore,
God also [sometimes] corrects us by forcing us to lie on our beds suffering much pain and with fever/aching in our bones.
20 So that his life causeth him to abhorre bread, and his soule daintie meate.
The result is that we do not desire any food, not even very special food.
21 His flesh faileth that it can not be seene, and his bones which were not seene, clatter.
Our bodies become very thin, with the result that we look like skeletons [HYP], and our bones stick out.
22 So his soule draweth to the graue, and his life to the buriers.
[We know that] we will soon die and go to the place where dead people are.
23 If there be a messenger with him, or an interpreter, one of a thousand to declare vnto man his righteousnesse,
“But sometimes an angel [may come to one of us], one of the thousands of angels who come to intervene between us and God, to tell us what are the right things for us [to do].
24 Then will he haue mercie vpon him, and will say, Deliuer him, that he go not downe into the pit: for I haue receiued a reconciliation.
The angel is kind to us and says to God, ‘Release that person, so that he does not descend to the place where dead people are! Do that because I have found the money to pay so that he can be released!
25 Then shall his flesh be as fresh as a childes, and shall returne as in the dayes of his youth.
Allow his body to be strong again; allow him to be strong like he was when he was a youth!’
26 He shall pray vnto God, and he will be fauourable vnto him, and he shall see his face with ioy: for he will render vnto man his righteousnes.
When that happens, that person will pray to God, and God will accept/answer him; he will (enter God’s presence/worship God) joyfully, and then he will tell others how God saved him [from dying].
27 He looketh vpon men, and if one say, I haue sinned, and peruerted righteousnesse, and it did not profite me,
He will sing as he tells everyone, ‘I sinned, and I did things that were not right, but God did not punish me in the way that I deserved.
28 He will deliuer his soule from going into the pit, and his life shall see the light.
He has saved me from dying and going to the place where dead people are, and I will continue to enjoy being alive.’
29 Lo, all these things will God worke twise or thrise with a man,
God does all these things for us many times;
30 That he may turne backe his soule from the pit, to be illuminate in the light of the liuing.
he keeps us [SYN] from [dying and] going to the place where the dead are, in order that we can continue to enjoy being alive [IDM].
31 Marke well, O Iob, and heare me: keepe silence, and I will speake.
So Job, listen to me; do not say anything more; just allow me to speak.
32 If there be matter, answere me, and speak: for I desire to iustifie thee.
[After I speak], if you have something more that you want to say to me, say it, because I would like to find a way to declare that you (are innocent/have not done what is wrong).
33 If thou hast not, heare me: holde thy tongue, and I will teach thee wisedome.
But if you have nothing more that you want to say, then just listen to me, and I will teach you how to become wise.”
