Job 33
Job 33:1 But now, Job, pay attention to my speech, and listen to all my words.
Job 33:2 I am going to open my mouth; my tongue will form words on my palate.
Job 33:3 My words come from my upright heart, and my lips speak with sincerity what they know.
Job 33:4 The Breath of God has made me, and the breathing of the Almighty gives me life.
Job 33:5 Refute me if you can. Prepare your case against me; take your stand.
Job 33:6 I am just like you before God; I was also pinched off from a piece of clay.
Job 33:7 Fear of me should not terrify you; no pressure from me should weigh you down.
Job 33:8 Surely you have spoken in my hearing, and I have heard these very words:
Job 33:9 “I am pure, without transgression; I am clean and have no iniquity.
Job 33:10 But he finds reasons to oppose me; he regards me as his enemy.
Job 33:11 He puts my feet in the stocks; he stands watch over all my paths.”
Job 33:12 But I tell you that you are not right since God is greater than a mortal.
Job 33:13 Why do you take him to court for not answering anything a person asks?
Job 33:14 Because God speaks time and again, but a person may not notice it.
Job 33:15 In a dream, a vision in the night, when deep sleep comes over people as they slumber on their beds,
Job 33:16 he unstops their ears and terrifies them with warnings,
Job 33:17 to turn Adam from his actions and suppress the pride of a healthy man.
Job 33:18 God spares his throat from the Pit, his life from crossing the river of death.
Job 33:19 A person may be disciplined on his bed with pain and constant distress in his bones,
Job 33:20 so that his life detests bread, and his throat despises his favorite food.
Job 33:21 His flesh wastes away to nothing, and his unseen bones stick out.
Job 33:22 He draws near to the Pit, and his life to the executioners.
Job 33:23 If there is an angel on his side, one mediator out of a thousand, to tell a person what is right for him
Job 33:24 and to be gracious to him and say, “Spare him from going down to the Pit; I have found a ransom,”
Job 33:25 then his flesh will be healthier than in his youth, and he will return to the days of his youthful vigor.
Job 33:26 He will pray to God, and God will delight in him. He will see his face with a shout of joy, and God will restore to that mortal his righteousness.
Job 33:27 He will look at men and say, “I have sinned and perverted what was right; yet I did not get what I deserved.
Job 33:28 He redeemed my throat from going down to the Pit, and I will continue to see the light.”
Job 33:29 God indeed does all these things two or three times to a healthy man
Job 33:30 to turn his throat back from the Pit so that he may shine with the light of life.
Job 33:31 Pay attention, Job, and listen to me. Be quiet, and I will speak.
Job 33:32 But if you have something to say, answer me; speak, because I would like to justify you.
Job 33:33 If not, then listen to me; be quiet, and I will teach you wisdom.
