Job - Chapter 33 | New King James Version

  • 1. "But please, Job, hear my speech, And listen to all my words.
  • 2. Now, I open my mouth; My tongue speaks in my mouth.
  • 3. My words come from my upright heart; My lips utter pure knowledge.
  • 4. The Spirit of God has made me, And the breath of the Almighty gives me life.
  • 5. If you can answer me, Set your words in order before me; Take your stand.
  • 6. Truly I am as your spokesman {cf2super [50]} before God; I also have been formed out of clay.
  • 7. Surely no fear of me will terrify you, Nor will my hand be heavy on you.
  • 8. "Surely you have spoken in my hearing, And I have heard the sound of your words, saying,
  • 9. 'I am pure, without transgression; I am innocent, and there is no iniquity in me.
  • 10. Yet He finds occasions against me, He counts me as His enemy;
  • 11. He puts my feet in the stocks, He watches all my paths.'
  • 12. "Look, in this you are not righteous. I will answer you, For God is greater than man.
  • 13. Why do you contend with Him? For He does not give an accounting of any of His words.
  • 14. For God may speak in one way, or in another, Yet man does not perceive it.
  • 15. In a dream, in a vision of the night, When deep sleep falls upon men, While slumbering on their beds,
  • 16. Then He opens the ears of men, And seals their instruction.
  • 17. In order to turn man from his deed, And conceal pride from man,
  • 18. He keeps back his soul from the Pit, And his life from perishing by the sword.
  • 19. "Man is also chastened with pain on his bed, And with strong pain in many of his bones,
  • 20. So that his life abhors bread, And his soul succulent food.
  • 21. His flesh wastes away from sight, And his bones stick out which once were not seen.
  • 22. Yes, his soul draws near the Pit, And his life to the executioners.
  • 23. "If there is a messenger for him, A mediator, one among a thousand, To show man His uprightness,
  • 24. Then He is gracious to him, and says, 'Deliver him from going down to the Pit; I have found a ransom';
  • 25. His flesh shall be young like a child's, He shall return to the days of his youth.
  • 26. He shall pray to God, and He will delight in him, He shall see His face with joy, For He restores to man His righteousness.
  • 27. Then he looks at men and says, 'I have sinned, and perverted what was right, And it did not profit me.'
  • 28. He will redeem his {cf2super [51]} soul from going down to the Pit, And his {cf2super [52]} life shall see the light.
  • 29. "Behold, God works all these things, Twice, in fact, three times with a man,
  • 30. To bring back his soul from the Pit, That he may be enlightened with the light of life.
  • 31. "Give ear, Job, listen to me; Hold your peace, and I will speak.
  • 32. If you have anything to say, answer me; Speak, for I desire to justify you.
  • 33. If not, listen to me; Hold your peace, and I will teach you wisdom."
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