Job - Chapter 33 | Good News Translation

  • 1. And now, Job, listen carefully to all that I have to say.
  • 2. I am ready to say what's on my mind.
  • 3. All my words are sincere, and I am speaking the truth.
  • 4. God's spirit made me and gave me life.
  • 5. Answer me if you can. Prepare your arguments.
  • 6. You and I are the same in God's sight, both of us were formed from clay.
  • 7. So you have no reason to fear me; I will not overpower you.
  • 8. Now this is what I heard you say:
  • 9. "I am not guilty; I have done nothing wrong. I am innocent and free from sin.
  • 10. But God finds excuses for attacking me and treats me like an enemy.
  • 11. He binds chains on my feet; he watches every move I make."
  • 12. But I tell you, Job, you are wrong. God is greater than any human being.
  • 13. Why do you accuse God of never answering our complaints?
  • 14. Although God speaks again and again, no one pays attention to what he says.
  • 15. At night when people are asleep, God speaks in dreams and visions.
  • 16. He makes them listen to what he says, and they are frightened at his warnings.
  • 17. God speaks to make them stop their sinning and to save them from becoming proud.
  • 18. He will not let them be destroyed; he saves them from death itself.
  • 19. God corrects us by sending sickness and filling our bodies with pain.
  • 20. Those who are sick lose their appetites, and even the finest food looks revolting.
  • 21. Their bodies waste away to nothing; you can see all their bones;
  • 22. they are about to go to the world of the dead.
  • 23. Perhaps an angel may come to their aid--- one of God's thousands of angels, who remind us of our duty.
  • 24. In mercy the angel will say, "Release them! They are not to go down to the world of the dead. Here is the ransom to set them free."
  • 25. Their bodies will grow young and strong again;
  • 26. when they pray, God will answer; they will worship God with joy; God will set things right for them again.
  • 27. Each one will say in public, "I have sinned. I have not done right, but God spared me.
  • 28. He kept me from going to the world of the dead, and I am still alive."
  • 29. God does all this again and again;
  • 30. each one saves a person's life, and gives him the joy of living.
  • 31. Now, Job, listen to what I am saying; be quiet and let me speak.
  • 32. But if you have something to say, let me hear it; I would gladly admit you are in the right.
  • 33. But if not, be quiet and listen to me, and I will teach you how to be wise.
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