Job 33
1 But, in very deed, hear, I pray thee, Job, my discourse, and, to all my words, give thou ear.
Hear therefore, O Job, my speeches, and hearken to all my words.
2 Lo! I pray thee, I have opened my mouth, My tongue, with my palate, hath spoken,
Behold now I have opened my mouth, let my tongue speak within my jaws.
3 Mine utterances come straight from mine own heart, and, what I know, my lips have truly spoken;
My words are from my upright heart, and my lips shall speak a pure sentence.
4 The spirit of GOD, hath made me, and, the inspiration of the Almighty, giveth me life.
The spirit of God made me, and the breath of the Almighty gave me life.
5 If thou art able to answer me, Set in order before me—take thy stand!
If thou canst, answer me, and stand up against my face.
6 Lo! I am like thyself toward GOD, From clay, have I been nipped off, even I!
Behold God hath made me as well as thee, and of the same clay I also was formed.
7 Lo! my terror, will not startle thee, nor, my hand, upon thee, be heavy.
But yet let not my wonder terrify thee, and let not my eloquence be burdensome to thee.
8 But thou hast spoken in mine ears, and, the sound of words, I heard: —
Now thou has said in my hearing, and I have heard the voice of thy words:
9 Pure am, I, without transgression, —Clean am, I, and have no iniquity;
I am clean, and without sin: I am unspotted, and there is no iniquity in me.
10 Lo! occasions of hostility, would he find against me, He counteth me an enemy to him;
Because he hath found complaints against me, therefore he hath counted me for his enemy.
11 He putteth—in the stocks—my feet, He watcheth all my paths.
He hath put my feet in the stocks, he hath observed all my paths.
12 Lo! in this, thou hast not been right—let me answer thee, For, 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 Wherefore, against him, hast thou contended? For, with none of his reasons, will he respond.
Dost thou strive against him, because he hath not answered thee to all words?
14 For, in one way, GOD may speak, —and, in a second way, one may not heed it: —
God speaketh once, and repeateth not the selfsame thing the second time.
15 In a dream, a vision of the night, when a deep sleep falleth upon men, in slumberings upon the bed,
By a dream in a vision by night, when deep sleep falleth upon men, and they are sleeping in their beds:
16 Then, uncovereth he the ear of men, and, on their correction, affixeth a seal;
Then he openeth the ears of men, and teaching instructeth them in what they are to learn.
17 To turn a son of earth from his deed, while yet, pride, from man he concealeth:
That he may withdraw a man from the things he is doing, and may deliver him from pride.
18 He keepeth back his said from the pit, and his life from passing away by a weapon.
Rescuing his soul from corruption: and his life from passing to the sword.
19 Or he is chastised with pain, upon his bed, and, the strife of his bones, is unceasing!
He rebuketh also by sorrow in the bed, and he maketh all his bones to wither.
20 So that his life maketh loathsome [his] food, and his soul, dainty meat;
Bread becometh abominable to him in his life, and to his soul the meat which before he desired.
21 His flesh wasteth away out of sight, and bared are the bones once unseen;
His flesh shall be consumed away, and his bones that were covered shall be made bare.
22 So doth his soul draw near to the pit, and his life to the inflicters of death:
His soul hath drawn near to corruption, and his life to the destroyers.
23 If there hath been near him a messenger who could interpret—one of a thousand, to declare to the son of earth His uprightness,
If there shall be an angel speaking for him, one among thousands, to declare man’s uprightness,
24 Then hath he shewed him favour, and said, Set him free from going down to the pit, I have found a price of redemption!
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 His flesh hath been made fresher than a child’s, he hath returned to the days of his youth;
His flesh is consumed with punishment, let him return to the days of his youth.
26 He made supplication unto GOD, who hath accepted him, and he hath beheld his face with a shout of triumph, Thus hath he given back 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 He sang before men, and said, I sinned, and, uprightness, I perverted, yet he requited me not;
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 hath ransomed my soul from passing away into the pit, —and, my life, in the light, shall have vision.
He hath delivered his soul from going into destruction, that it may live and see the light.
29 Lo! a these things, doth GOD work, two ways, three, with a man;
Behold, all these things God worketh three times within every one.
30 To bring back his soul from the pit, to enlighten with the light of the living.
That he may withdraw their souls from corruption, and enlighten them with the light of the living.
31 Mark well, O Job, and hearken to me, Be silent, and, I, will speak:
Attend, Job, and hearken to me: and hold thy peace, whilst I speak.
32 If there is anything to say, reply to me, Speak, for I desire to justify thee;
But if thou hast any thing to say, answer me, speak: for I would have thee to appear just.
33 If not, do, thou, hearken unto me, Be silent, that I may teach thee wisdom.
And if thou have not, hear me: hold thy peace, and I will teach thee wisdom.
