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| 33:1 |
'But now, hear my speech, O Job, and listen to all my words.
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| 33:2 |
Behold, I open my mouth;the tongue in my mouth speaks.
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| 33:3 |
My words declare the uprightness of my heart, and what my lips know they speak sincerely.
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| 33:4 |
The spirit of God has made me, and the breath of the Almighty gives me life.
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| 33:5 |
Answer me, if you can;set your words in order before me;take your stand.
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| 33:6 |
Behold, I am toward God as you are;I too was formed from a piece of clay.
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| 33:7 |
Behold, no fear of me need terrify you;my pressure will not be heavy upon you.
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| 33:8 |
'Surely, you have spoken in my hearing, and I have heard the sound of your words.
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| 33:9 |
You say, I am clean, without transgression;I am pure, and there is no iniquity in me.
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| 33:10 |
Behold, he finds occasions against me, he counts me as his enemy;
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| 33:11 |
he puts my feet in the stocks, and watches all my paths.'
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| 33:12 |
'Behold, in this you are not right. I will answer you. God is greater than man.
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| 33:13 |
Why do you contend against him, saying, He will answer none of my words'?
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| 33:14 |
For God speaks in one way, and in two, though man does not perceive it.
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| 33:15 |
In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falls upon men, while they slumber on their beds,
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| 33:16 |
then he opens the ears of men, and terrifies them with warnings,
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| 33:17 |
that he may turn man aside from his deed, and cut off pride from man;
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| 33:18 |
he keeps back his soul from the Pit, his life from perishing by the sword.
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| 33:19 |
'Man is also chastened with pain upon his bed, and with continual strife in his bones;
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| 33:20 |
so that his life loathes bread, and his appetite dainty food.
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| 33:21 |
His flesh is so wasted away that it cannot be seen;and his bones which were not seen stick out.
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| 33:22 |
His soul draws near the Pit, and his life to those who bring death.
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| 33:23 |
If there be for him an angel, a mediator, one of the thousand, to declare to man what is right for him;
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| 33:24 |
and he is gracious to him, and says, Deliver him from going down into the Pit, I have found a ransom;
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| 33:25 |
let his flesh become fresh with youth;let him return to the days of his youthful vigor';
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| 33:26 |
then man prays to God, and he accepts him, he comes into his presence with joy. He recounts to men his salvation,
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| 33:27 |
and he sings before men, and says: I sinned and perverted what was right, and it was not requited to me.
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| 33:28 |
He has redeemed my soul from going down into the Pit, and my life shall see the light.'
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| 33:29 |
'Behold, God does all these things, twice, three times, with a man,
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| 33:30 |
to bring back his soul from the Pit, that he may see the light of life.
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| 33:31 |
Give heed, O Job, listen to me;be silent, and I will speak.
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| 33:32 |
If you have anything to say, answer me;speak, for I desire to justify you.
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| 33:33 |
If not, listen to me;be silent, and I will teach you wisdom.'
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