Job 33
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Job 33:1
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"However now, Job, please hear my speech, And listen to all my words.
Job 33:2
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"Behold now, I open my mouth, My tongue in my mouth speaks.
Job 33:3
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"My words are {from} the uprightness of my heart, And my lips speak knowledge sincerely.
Job 33:4
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"The Spirit of God has made me, And the breath of the Almighty gives me life.
Job 33:5
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"Refute me if you can; Array yourselves before me, take your stand.
Job 33:6
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"Behold, I belong to God like you; I too have been formed out of the clay.
Job 33:7
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"Behold, no fear of me should terrify you, Nor should my pressure weigh heavily on you.
Job 33:8
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"Surely you have spoken in my hearing, And I have heard the sound of {your} words:
Job 33:9
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`I am pure, without transgression; I am innocent and there is no guilt in me.
Job 33:10
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`Behold, He invents pretexts against me; He counts me as His enemy.
Job 33:11
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`He puts my feet in the stocks; He watches all my paths.'
Job 33:12
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"Behold, let me tell you, you are not right in this, For God is greater than man.
Job 33:13
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"Why do you complain against Him That He does not give an account of all His doings?
Job 33:14
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"Indeed God speaks once, Or twice, {yet} no one notices it.
Job 33:15
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"In a dream, a vision of the night, When sound sleep falls on men, While they slumber in their beds,
Job 33:16
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Then He opens the ears of men, And seals their instruction,
Job 33:17
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That He may turn man aside {from his} conduct, And keep man from pride;
Job 33:18
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He keeps back his soul from the pit, And his life from passing over into Sheol.
Job 33:19
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"Man is also chastened with pain on his bed, And with unceasing complaint in his bones;
Job 33:20
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So that his life loathes bread, And his soul favorite food.
Job 33:21
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"His flesh wastes away from sight, And his bones which were not seen stick out.
Job 33:22
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"Then his soul draws near to the pit, And his life to those who bring death.
Job 33:23
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"If there is an angel {as} mediator for him, One out of a thousand, To remind a man what is right for him,
Job 33:24
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Then let him be gracious to him, and say, `Deliver him from going down to the pit, I have found a ransom';
Job 33:25
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Let his flesh become fresher than in youth, Let him return to the days of his youthful vigor;
Job 33:26
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Then he will pray to God, and He will accept him, That he may see His face with joy, And He may restore His righteousness to man.
Job 33:27
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"He will sing to men and say, `I have sinned and perverted what is right, And it is not proper for me.
Job 33:28
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`He has redeemed my soul from going to the pit, And my life shall see the light.'
Job 33:29
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"Behold, God does all these oftentimes with men,
Job 33:30
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To bring back his soul from the pit, That he may be enlightened with the light of life.
Job 33:31
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"Pay attention, O Job, listen to me; Keep silent, and let me speak.
Job 33:32
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"{Then} if you have anything to say, answer me; Speak, for I desire to justify you.
Job 33:33
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"If not, listen to me; Keep silent, and I will teach you wisdom."
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