Job 33
1 So now, Job, I beg you, hear my speech; listen to all my words.
“And yet, please, O Job, Hear my speech and give ear [to] all my words.
2 See now, I have opened my mouth; my tongue has spoken in my mouth.
Now behold, I have opened my mouth, My tongue has spoken in the palate.
3 My words come from the uprightness of my heart; my lips speak pure knowledge.
Of the uprightness of my heart [are] my sayings, And my lips have clearly spoken knowledge.
4 The Spirit of God has made me; the breath of the Almighty has given me life.
The Spirit of God has made me, And the breath of the Mighty quickens me.
5 If you can, answer me; set your words in order before me and stand up.
If you are able—answer me, Set in array before me—station yourself.
6 See, I am just as you are in God's sight; I also have been formed out of the clay.
Behold, I [am], according to your word, for God, I have also been formed from the clay.
7 See, terror of me will not make you afraid; neither will my pressure be heavy upon you.
Behold, my terror does not frighten you, And my burden on you is not heavy.
8 You have certainly spoken in my hearing; I have heard the sound of your words saying,
Surely you have spoken in my ears, And the sounds of words I hear:
9 'I am clean and without transgression; I am innocent, and there is no sin in me.
I [am] pure, without transgression, I [am] innocent, and I have no iniquity.
10 See, God finds opportunities to attack me; he regards me as his enemy.
Behold, He develops hindrances against me, He reckons me for an enemy to Him,
11 He puts my feet in stocks; he watches all my paths.'
He puts my feet in the stocks, He watches all my paths.
12 See, in this you are not right—I will answer you, for God is greater than man.
Behold, you have not been righteous [in] this, I answer you, that God is greater than man.
13 Why do you struggle against him? He does not account for any of his doings.
Why have you striven against Him, When [for] all His matters He does not answer?
14 For God speaks once— yes, twice, though man does not notice it.
For once God speaks, and twice (he does not behold it),
15 In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falls upon men, in slumber on the bed—
In a dream—a vision of night, In the falling of deep sleep on men, In slumberings on a bed.
16 then God opens the ears of men, and frightens them with threats,
Then He uncovers the ear of men, And seals for their instruction,
17 in order to pull man back from his sinful purposes, and keep pride from him.
To turn aside man [from] doing, And He conceals pride from man.
18 God keeps man's life back from the pit, his life from crossing over to death.
He keeps back his soul from corruption, And his life from passing away by a dart.
19 Man is punished also with pain on his bed, with constant agony in his bones,
And he has been reproved With pain on his bed, And the strife of his bones [is] enduring.
20 so that his life abhors food, and his soul abhors delicacies.
And his life has nauseated bread, And his soul desirable food.
21 His flesh is consumed away so that it cannot be seen; his bones, once not seen, now stick out.
His flesh is consumed from being seen, And his bones are high, they were not seen!
22 Indeed, his soul draws close to the pit, his life to those who wish to destroy it.
And his soul draws near to the pit, And his life to those causing death.
23 But if there is an angel who can be a mediator for him, a mediator, one from among the thousands of angels, to show him what is right to do,
If there is a messenger by him, An interpreter—one of a thousand, To declare for man his uprightness,
24 and if the angel is kind to him and says to God, 'Save this person from going down to the pit; I have found a ransom for him,'
Then He favors him and says, Ransom him from going down to the pit, I have found an atonement.
25 then his flesh will become fresher than a child's; he will return to the days of his youthful strength.
Fresher [is] his flesh than a child’s, He returns to the days of his youth.
26 He will pray to God, and God will be kind to him, so that he sees God's face with joy. God will give the person his triumph.
He makes supplication to God, And He accepts him. And he sees His face with shouting, And He returns to man His righteousness.
27 Then that person will sing in front of other people and say, 'I sinned and perverted that which was right, but my sin was not punished.
[Then] he looks on men and says, I sinned, and I have perverted uprightness, And it has not been profitable to me.
28 God has rescued my soul from going down into the pit; my life will continue to see light.'
He has ransomed my soul From going over into the pit, And my life looks on the light.
29 See, God does all these things with a person, twice, yes, even three times,
Behold, God works all these, Twice, [even] three times with man,
30 to bring his soul back from the pit, so that he may be enlightened 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; be silent and I will speak.
Attend, O Job, listen to me, Keep silent, and I speak.
32 If you have anything to say, answer me; speak, for I wish to prove that you are in the right.
If there are words—answer me, Speak, for I have a desire to justify you.
33 If not, then listen to me; remain silent, and I will teach you wisdom.”
If there are not—listen to me, Keep silent, and I teach you wisdom.”
