Job 33
1 “And yet, please, O Job, Hear my speech and give ear [to] all my words.
Hear therefore, O Job, my speeches, and hearken to all my words.
2 Now behold, I have opened my mouth, My tongue has spoken in the palate.
Behold now I have opened my mouth, let my tongue speak within my jaws.
3 Of the uprightness of my heart [are] my sayings, And my lips have clearly spoken knowledge.
My words are from my upright heart, and my lips shall speak a pure sentence.
4 The Spirit of God has made me, And the breath of the Mighty quickens me.
The spirit of God made me, and the breath of the Almighty gave me life.
5 If you are able—answer me, Set in array before me—station yourself.
If thou canst, answer me, and stand up against my face.
6 Behold, I [am], according to your word, for God, I have also been formed from the clay.
Behold God hath made me as well as thee, and of the same clay I also was formed.
7 Behold, my terror does not frighten you, And my burden on you is not heavy.
But yet let not my wonder terrify thee, and let not my eloquence be burdensome to thee.
8 Surely you have spoken in my ears, And the sounds of words I hear:
Now thou has said in my hearing, and I have heard the voice of thy words:
9 I [am] pure, without transgression, I [am] innocent, and I have no iniquity.
I am clean, and without sin: I am unspotted, and there is no iniquity in me.
10 Behold, He develops hindrances against me, He reckons me for an enemy to Him,
Because he hath found complaints against me, therefore he hath counted me for his enemy.
11 He puts my feet in the stocks, He watches all my paths.
He hath put my feet in the stocks, he hath observed all my paths.
12 Behold, you have not been righteous [in] this, I answer you, that God is greater than man.
Now this is the thing in which thou art not justified: I will answer thee, that God is greater than man.
13 Why have you striven against Him, When [for] all His matters He does not answer?
Dost thou strive against him, because he hath not answered thee to all words?
14 For once God speaks, and twice (he does not behold it),
God speaketh once, and repeateth not the selfsame thing the second time.
15 In a dream—a vision of night, In the falling of deep sleep on men, In slumberings on a bed.
By a dream in a vision by night, when deep sleep falleth upon men, and they are sleeping in their beds:
16 Then He uncovers the ear of men, And seals for their instruction,
Then he openeth the ears of men, and teaching instructeth them in what they are to learn.
17 To turn aside man [from] doing, And He conceals pride from man.
That he may withdraw a man from the things he is doing, and may deliver him from pride.
18 He keeps back his soul from corruption, And his life from passing away by a dart.
Rescuing his soul from corruption: and his life from passing to the sword.
19 And he has been reproved With pain on his bed, And the strife of his bones [is] enduring.
He rebuketh also by sorrow in the bed, and he maketh all his bones to wither.
20 And his life has nauseated bread, And his soul desirable food.
Bread becometh abominable to him in his life, and to his soul the meat which before he desired.
21 His flesh is consumed from being seen, And his bones are high, they were not seen!
His flesh shall be consumed away, and his bones that were covered shall be made bare.
22 And his soul draws near to the pit, And his life to those causing death.
His soul hath drawn near to corruption, and his life to the destroyers.
23 If there is a messenger by him, An interpreter—one of a thousand, To declare for man his uprightness,
If there shall be an angel speaking for him, one among thousands, to declare man’s uprightness,
24 Then He favors him and says, Ransom him from going down to the pit, I have found an atonement.
He shall have mercy on him, and shall say: Deliver him, that he may not go down to corruption: I have found wherein I may be merciful to him.
25 Fresher [is] his flesh than a child’s, He returns to the days of his youth.
His flesh is consumed with punishment, let him return to the days of his youth.
26 He makes supplication to God, And He accepts him. And he sees His face with shouting, And He returns to man His righteousness.
He shall pray to God, and he will be gracious to him: and he shall see his face with joy, and he will render to man his justice.
27 [Then] he looks on men and says, I sinned, and I have perverted uprightness, And it has not been profitable to me.
He shall look upon men, and shall say: I have sinned, and indeed I have offended, and I have not received what I have deserved.
28 He has ransomed my soul From going over into the pit, And my life looks on the light.
He hath delivered his soul from going into destruction, that it may live and see the light.
29 Behold, God works all these, Twice, [even] three times with man,
Behold, all these things God worketh three times within every one.
30 To bring back his soul from the pit, To be enlightened with the light of the living.
That he may withdraw their souls from corruption, and enlighten them with the light of the living.
31 Attend, O Job, listen to me, Keep silent, and I speak.
Attend, Job, and hearken to me: and hold thy peace, whilst I speak.
32 If there are words—answer me, Speak, for I have a desire to justify you.
But if thou hast any thing to say, answer me, speak: for I would have thee to appear just.
33 If there are not—listen to me, Keep silent, and I teach you wisdom.”
And if thou have not, hear me: hold thy peace, and I will teach thee wisdom.
