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| 33:1 |
"However now, Job, please hear my speech, And listen to all my words.
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| 33:2 |
"Behold now, I open my mouth, My tongue in my mouth speaks.
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| 33:3 |
"My words are [from] the uprightness of my heart; And my lips speak knowledge 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 |
"Refute me if you can; Array yourselves before me, take your stand.
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| 33:6 |
"Behold, I belong to God like you; I too have been formed out of the clay.
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| 33:7 |
"Behold, no fear of me should terrify you, Nor should my pressure weigh heavily on 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 |
'I am pure, without transgression; I am innocent and there is no guilt in me.
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| 33:10 |
'Behold, He invents pretexts against me; He counts me as His enemy.
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| 33:11 |
'He puts my feet in the stocks; He watches all my paths.'
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| 33:12 |
"Behold, let me tell you, you are not right in this, For God is greater than man.
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| 33:13 |
"Why do you complain against Him, That He does not give an account of all His doings?
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| 33:14 |
"Indeed God speaks once, Or twice, [yet] no one notices it.
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| 33:15 |
"In a dream, a vision of the night, When sound sleep falls on men, While they slumber in their beds,
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| 33:16 |
Then He opens the ears of men, And seals their instruction,
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| 33:17 |
That He may turn man aside [from his] conduct, And keep man from pride;
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| 33:18 |
He keeps back his soul from the pit, And his life from passing over into Sheol.
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| 33:19 |
"Man is also chastened with pain on his bed, And with unceasing complaint in his bones;
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| 33:20 |
So that his life loathes bread, And his soul favorite food.
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| 33:21 |
"His flesh wastes away from sight, And his bones which were not seen stick out.
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| 33:22 |
"Then his soul draws near to the pit, And his life to those who bring death.
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| 33:23 |
"If there is an angel [as] mediator for him, One out of a thousand, To remind a man what is right for him,
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| 33:24 |
Then let him be gracious to him, and say, 'Deliver him from going down to the pit, I have found a ransom';
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| 33:25 |
Let his flesh become fresher than in youth, Let him return to the days of his youthful vigor;
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| 33:26 |
Then he will pray to God, and He will accept him, That he may see His face with joy, And He may restore His righteousness to man.
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| 33:27 |
"He will sing to men and say, 'I have sinned and perverted what is right, And it is not proper for me.
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| 33:28 |
'He has redeemed my soul from going to the pit, And my life shall see the light.'
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| 33:29 |
"Behold, God does all these oftentimes with men,
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| 33:30 |
To bring back his soul from the pit, That he may be enlightened with the light of life.
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| 33:31 |
"Pay attention, O Job, listen to me; Keep silent and let me speak.
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| 33:32 |
"[Then] 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; Keep silent, and I will teach you wisdom."
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