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Job 33
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Job 33 . 1
1 “But now, O Job, hear my speech, and listen to all my words.TOSKJob 33:1
Job 33 . 2
2 Behold, I will open my mouth; my address is on the tip of my tongue.TOSKJob 33:2
Job 33 . 3
3 My words are from an upright heart, and my lips speak sincerely what I know.TOSKJob 33:3
Job 33 . 4
4 The Spirit of God has made me, and the breath of the Almighty gives me life.TOSKJob 33:4
Job 33 . 5
5 Refute me if you can; prepare your case and confront me.TOSKJob 33:5
Job 33 . 6
6 I am just like you before God; I was also formed from clay.TOSKJob 33:6
Job 33 . 7
7 Surely no fear of me should terrify you; nor will my hand be heavy upon you.TOSKJob 33:7
Job 33 . 8
8 Surely you have spoken in my hearing, and I have heard these very words:TOSKJob 33:8
Job 33 . 9
9 ‘I am pure, without transgression; I am clean, with no iniquity in me.TOSKJob 33:9
Job 33 . 10
10 Yet God finds occasions against me; He counts me as His enemy.TOSKJob 33:10
Job 33 . 11
11 He puts my feet in the stocks; He watches over all my paths.’TOSKJob 33:11
Job 33 . 12
12 Behold, you are not right in this matter. I will answer you, for God is greater than man.TOSKJob 33:12
Job 33 . 13
13 Why do you complain to Him that He answers nothing a man asks? | TOSK |
Job 33 . 14
14 For God speaks in one way and in another, yet no one notices.TOSKJob 33:14
Job 33 . 15
15 In a dream, in a vision in the night, when deep sleep falls upon men as they slumber on their beds,TOSKJob 33:15
Job 33 . 16
16 He opens their ears and terrifies them with warningsTOSKJob 33:16
Job 33 . 17
17 to turn a man from wrongdoing and keep him from pride,TOSKJob 33:17
Job 33 . 18
18 to preserve his soul from the Pit and his life from perishing by the sword.TOSKJob 33:18
Job 33 . 19
19 A man is also chastened on his bed with pain and constant distress in his bones,TOSKJob 33:19
Job 33 . 20
20 so that he detests his bread, and his soul loathes his favorite food.TOSKJob 33:20
Job 33 . 21
21 His flesh wastes away from sight, and his hidden bones protrude.TOSKJob 33:21
Job 33 . 22
22 He draws near to the Pit, and his life to the messengers of death.TOSKJob 33:22
Job 33 . 23
23 Yet if there is a messenger on his side, one mediator in a thousand, to tell a man what is right for him,TOSKJob 33:23
Job 33 . 24
24 to be gracious to him and say, ‘Spare him from going down to the Pit; I have found his ransom,’TOSKJob 33:24
Job 33 . 25
25 then his flesh is refreshed like a child’s; he returns to the days of his youth.TOSKJob 33:25
Job 33 . 26
26 He prays to God and finds favor; he sees God’s face and shouts for joy, and God restores His righteousness to that man.TOSKJob 33:26
Job 33 . 27
27 Then he sings before men with these words: ‘I have sinned and perverted what was right; yet I did not get what I deserved.TOSKJob 33:27
Job 33 . 28
28 He redeemed my soul from going down to the Pit, and I will live to see the light.’TOSKJob 33:28
Job 33 . 29
29 Behold, all these things God does to a man, two or even three times,TOSKJob 33:29
Job 33 . 30
30 to bring back his soul from the Pit, that he may be enlightened with the light of life.TOSKJob 33:30
Job 33 . 31
31 Pay attention, Job, and listen to me; be silent, and I will speak.TOSKJob 33:31
Job 33 . 32
32 But if you have something to say, answer me; speak up, for I would like to vindicate you.TOSKJob 33:32
Job 33 . 33
33 But if not, then listen to me; be quiet, and I will teach you wisdom.”TOSKJob 33:33