| 章 |
| 33:1 |
"But now, hear my speech, O Job, and listen to all my words.
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| 33:2 |
See, 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 |
See, before God I am as you are; I too was formed from a piece of clay.
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| 33:7 |
No fear of me need terrify you; my pressure will not be heavy 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 |
You say, 'I am clean, without transgression; I am pure, and there is no iniquity in me.
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| 33:10 |
Look, 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 |
"But in this you are not right. I will answer you: God is greater than any mortal.
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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 people do not perceive it.
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| 33:15 |
In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falls on mortals, while they slumber on their beds,
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| 33:16 |
then he opens their ears, and terrifies them with warnings,
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| 33:17 |
that he may turn them aside from their deeds, and keep them from pride,
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| 33:18 |
to spare their souls from the Pit, their lives from traversing the River.
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| 33:19 |
They are also chastened with pain upon their beds, and with continual strife in their bones,
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| 33:20 |
so that their lives loathe bread, and their appetites dainty food.
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| 33:21 |
Their flesh is so wasted away that it cannot be seen; and their bones, once invisible, now stick out.
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| 33:22 |
Their souls draw near the Pit, and their lives to those who bring death.
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| 33:23 |
Then, if there should be for one of them an angel, a mediator, one of a thousand, one who declares a person upright,
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| 33:24 |
and he is gracious to that person, 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 he prays to God, and is accepted by him, he comes into his presence with joy, and God repays him for his righteousness.
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| 33:27 |
That person sings to others and says, 'I sinned, and perverted what was right, and it was not paid back to me.
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| 33:28 |
He has redeemed my soul from going down to the Pit, and my life shall see the light.'
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| 33:29 |
"God indeed does all these things, twice, three times, with mortals,
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| 33:30 |
to bring back their souls from the Pit, so that they may see the light of life.
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| 33:31 |
Pay heed, 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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