Job 33 — ILT
33Verse 1Therefore do thou but hear, O Job, my speeches, and give ear to all my words.Verse 2Behold now, I have opened my mouth, my tongue speaketh in my mouth.Verse 3Out of my straightforward heart [come] my sayings, and my lips utter knowledge clearly.Verse 4The spirit of God hath made me, and the breath of the Almighty giveth me life.Verse 5If thou canst, answer me, array thyself before me, stand forward.Verse 6Behold, I am in the same relation as thyself toward God: I myself also am cut out of the clay.Verse 7Behold, dread of me cannot terrify thee, and my pressure will not be too heavy upon thee.Verse 8But thou hast said before my ears, and the sound of the words I still hear,Verse 9“I am pure without transgression, I am quite clean; and there is no iniquity in me:Verse 10Yet, behold, he findeth hateful backsliding on me, he regardeth me as an enemy unto him;Verse 11He putteth my feet in the stocks, he watcheth all my paths.”Verse 12Behold, In this thou art not just: I will answer thee; for God is far greater than a mortal.Verse 13Why dost thou contend against him? for with all his words will he not give an answer.Verse 14For God speaketh once, yea twice: [yet man] regardeth it not.Verse 15In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falleth upon men, in slumbers upon the couch:Verse 16Then doth he lay open the ear of men, and sealeth it with their warning;Verse 17To remove the son of earth [from his intended] deed and he covereth up pride from man;Verse 18He withholdeth his soul from the pit, and his life from passing away by the sword.Verse 19And so is he admonished by pain upon his couch, and all his bones with violent [aches].Verse 20So that his inclination abhorreth bread, and his soul, the most agreeable food.Verse 21His flesh is consumed away, that it cannot be seen, and his bones that were not seen stick out.Verse 22Yea, his soul draweth near unto the pit, and his life to those that slay.Verse 23If there be now about him one single angel, as defender, one out of a thousand, to tell for man his uprightness:Verse 24Then is he gracious unto him, and saith, Release him from going down to the pit, I have found an atonement.Verse 25His flesh becometh full again as in youth: he returneth to the days of his boyhood.Verse 26He will offer his entreaty unto God, and he will receive him in favor, that he may see his face with joy: so doth He recompense unto the mortal his righteousness.Verse 27He then should assemble men around, and say, “I had sinned, and perverted what is right, yet have I not received a like return.”Verse 28Thus he redeemeth his soul from passing into the pit, and his life will look joyously on the light.Verse 29Lo, all these things doth God two or three times with man;Verse 30To bring back his soul from the pit, that she may shine in the light of life.Verse 31Listen well, O Job, hearken unto me: keep silence, and I will truly speak.Verse 32If thou hast any words, answer me: speak, for I wish to justify thee.Verse 33If not, hearken thou unto me: keep silence, and I will teach thee wisdom.