Job 33:1
However, Job, I pray thee, hear my speech, and hearken to all my words.
Job 33:2
Behold now, I have opened my mouth. My tongue has spoken in my mouth.
Job 33:3
My words shall utter the uprightness of my heart, and that which my lips know they shall speak sincerely.
Job 33:4
The Spirit of God has made me, and the breath of the Almighty gives me life.
Job 33:5
If thou can, answer thou me. Set thy words in order before me. Stand forth.
Job 33:6
Behold, I am toward God even as thou are. I also am formed out of the clay.
Job 33:7
Behold, my terror shall not make thee afraid, nor shall my pressure be heavy upon thee.
Job 33:8
Surely thou have spoken in my hearing, and I have heard the voice of thy words, saying,
Job 33:9
I am clean, without transgression. I am innocent, neither is there iniquity in me.
Job 33:10
Thou say, Behold, he finds occasions against me. He counts me for his enemy.
Job 33:11
He puts my feet in the stocks. He marks all my paths.
Job 33:12
Behold, I will answer thee. In this thou are not just, for God is greater than man.
Job 33:13
Why do thou strive against him because he does not give account of any of his matters?
Job 33:14
For God speaks once, yea twice, though man does not regard it.
Job 33:15
In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falls upon men, in slumberings upon the bed.
Job 33:16
Then he opens the ears of men, and seals their instruction
Job 33:17
that he may withdraw man from his purpose, and hide pride from man.
Job 33:18
He keeps back his soul from the pit, and his life from perishing by the sword.
Job 33:19
He also is chastened with pain upon his bed, and with continual strife in his bones,
Job 33:20
so that his life abhors bread, and his soul dainty food.
Job 33:21
His flesh is consumed away that it cannot be seen. And his bones that were not seen stick out.
Job 33:22
Yea, his soul draws near to the pit, and his life to the destroyers.
Job 33:23
If there be with him an agent, an interpreter, one among a thousand, to show to man what is right for him,
Job 33:24
then God is gracious to him, and says, Deliver him from going down to the pit; I have found a ransom.
Job 33:25
His flesh shall be fresher than a child's. He returns to the days of his youth.
Job 33:26
He prays to God, and he is favorable to him, so that he sees his face with joy, and he restores to man his righteousness.
Job 33:27
He sings before men, and says, I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, and it did not profit me.
Job 33:28
He has redeemed my soul from going into the pit, and my life shall behold the light.
Job 33:29
Lo, all these things God works twice, yea thrice, with a man,
Job 33:30
to bring back his soul from the pit, that he may be enlightened with the light of the living.
Job 33:31
Mark well, O Job, hearken to me. Keep silent, and I will speak.
Job 33:32
If thou have anything to say, answer me. Speak, for I desire to justify thee.
Job 33:33
If not, hearken thou to me. Keep silent, and I will teach thee.