Job 33

1Hear therefore, O Job, my speeches, and hearken to all my words.

1Howbeit, Job, I pray thee, hear my speech, And hearken to all my words.

2Behold now I have opened my mouth, let my tongue speak within my jaws.

2Behold now, I have opened my mouth; My tongue hath spoken in my mouth.

3My words are from my upright heart, and my lips shall speak a pure sentence.

3My wordsshall utterthe uprightness of my heart; And that which my lips know they shall speak sincerely.

4The spirit of God made me, and the breath of the Almighty gave me life.

4The Spirit of God hath made me, And the breath of the Almighty giveth me life.

5If thou canst, answer me, and stand up against my face.

5If thou canst, answer thou me; Setthy wordsin order before me, stand forth.

6Behold God hath made me as well as thee, and of the same clay I also was formed.

6Behold, I am toward God even as thou art: I also am formed out of the clay.

7But yet let not my wonder terrify thee, and let not my eloquence be burdensome to thee.

7Behold, my terror shall not make thee afraid, Neither shall my pressure be heavy upon thee.

8Now thou hast said in my hearing, and I have heard the voice of thy words:

8Surely thou hast spoken in my hearing, And I have heard the voice ofthywords, saying,

9I am clean, and without sin: I am unspotted, and there is no iniquity in me.

9I am clean, without transgression; I am innocent, neither is there iniquity in me:

10Because he hath found complaints against me, therefore he hath counted me for his enemy.

10Behold, he findeth occasions against me, He counteth me for his enemy;

11He hath put my feet in the stocks, he hath observed all my paths.

11He putteth my feet in the stocks, He marketh all my paths.

12Now this is the thing in which thou art not justified: I will answer thee, that God is greater than man.

12Behold, I will answer thee, in this thou art not just; For God is greater than man.

13Dost thou strive against him, because he hath not answered thee to all words?

13Why dost thou strive against him, For that he giveth not account of any of his matters?

14God speaketh once, and repeateth not the selfsame thing the second time.

14For God speaketh once, Yea twice, though man regardeth it not.

15By a dream in a vision by night, when deep sleep falleth upon men, and they are sleeping in their beds:

15In a dream, in a vision of the night, When deep sleep falleth upon men, In slumberings upon the bed;

16Then he openeth the ears of men, and teaching instructeth them in what they are to learn.

16Then he openeth the ears of men, And sealeth their instruction,

17That he may withdraw a man from the things he is doing, and may deliver him from pride.

17That he may withdraw man from his purpose, And hide pride from man;

18Rescuing his soul from corruption: and his life from passing to the sword.

18He keepeth back his soul from the pit, And his life from perishing by the sword.

19He rebuketh also by sorrow in the bed, and he maketh all his bones to wither.

19He is chastened also with pain upon his bed, And with continual strife in his bones;

20Bread becometh abominable to him in his life, and to his soul the meat which before he desired.

20So that his life abhorreth bread, And his soul dainty food.

21His flesh shall be consumed away, and his bones that were covered shall be made bare.

21His flesh is consumed away, that it cannot be seen; And his bones that were not seen stick out.

22His soul hath drawn near to corruption, and his life to the destroyers.

22Yea, his soul draweth near unto the pit, And his life to the destroyers.

23If there shall be an angel speaking for him, one among thousands, to declare man's uprightness,

23If there be with him an angel, An interpreter, one among a thousand, To show unto man what is right for him;

24He shall have mercy on him, and shall say: Deliver him, that he may not go down to corruption: I have found wherein I may be merciful to him.

24ThenGodis gracious unto him, and saith, Deliver him from going down to the pit, I have found a ransom.

25His flesh is consumed with punishments, let him return to the days of his youth.

25His flesh shall be fresher than a child’s; He returneth to the days of his youth.

26He shall pray to God, and he will be gracious to him: and he shall see his face with joy, and he will render to man his justice.

26He prayeth unto God, and he is favorable unto him, So that he seeth his face with joy: And he restoreth unto man his righteousness.

27He shall look upon men, and shall say: I have sinned, and indeed I have offended, and I have not received what I have deserved.

27He singeth before men, and saith, I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, And it profited me not:

28He hath delivered his soul from going into destruction, that it may live and see the light.

28He hath redeemed my soul from going into the pit, And my life shall behold the light.

29Behold, all these things God worketh three times within every one.

29Lo, all these things doth God work, Twice, yea thrice, with a man,

30That he may withdraw their souls from corruption, and enlighten them with the light of the living.

30To bring back his soul from the pit, That he may be enlightened with the light of the living.

31Attend, Job, and hearken to me, and hold thy peace, whilst I speak.

31Mark well, O Job, hearken unto me: Hold thy peace, and I will speak.

32But if thou hast any thing to say, answer me, speak: for I would have thee to appear just.

32If thou hast anything to say, answer me: Speak, for I desire to justify thee.

33And if thou have not, hear me: hold thy peace, and I will teach thee wisdom.

33If not, hearken thou unto me: Hold thy peace, and I will teach thee wisdom.