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Job|33:1|-|But now, Job, hear my speaking,And give ear to all my words.
Job|33:2|-|Indeed now, I have opened my mouth;My tongue has spoken in my mouth.
Job|33:3|-|My words manifest the uprightness of my heart,And what my lips know they speak sincerely.
Job|33:4|-|The Spirit of God has made me,And the |a|breath of the Almighty has enlivened me.
Job|33:5|-|If you can, respond to me;Arrange your words before me; take your stand.
Job|33:6|-|Indeed, I am before God as you are;I too was cut out of |a|clay.
Job|33:7|-|So no fear of me can terrify you,Nor can my pressure be heavy upon you.
Job|33:8|-|You have surely spoken in my hearing,And I have heard the voice of your words, saying,
Job|33:9|-|I am |a|clean and without transgression;I am pure, and there is no iniquity in me.
Job|33:10|-|See, He finds occasions for hostility against me;He considers me as His |a|enemy.
Job|33:11|-|He puts my feet in |a|stocks;He watches all my paths.
Job|33:12|-|However, in this you are not right, I will answer you,For God is greater than man.
Job|33:13|-|Why do you contend with Him,Saying that He does not answer for any of His affairs?
Job|33:14|-|For God speaks in one way,Indeed in two ways, without any perceiving it—
Job|33:15|-|In a |a|dream, a night vision,When deep sleep falls upon men
In the slumberings upon their beds—
Job|33:16|-|Then He opens the |a|ears of menAnd seals up their instruction,
Job|33:17|-|That He may turn man aside from his doingAnd hide pride from man.
Job|33:18|-|He keeps his soul from the pit,And his life from perishing by the sword.
Job|33:19|-|He is also chastened with pain upon his bedAnd with continual strife in his bones,
Job|33:20|-|So that his life abhors bread,And his soul, fancy food.
Job|33:21|-|His flesh is so consumed that it cannot be seen,And his bones that had not been seen stick out.
Job|33:22|-|And his soul draws near to the pit,And his life, to the destroyers.
Job|33:23|-|If there is with him an angel,An interpreter, one of a thousand,
To declare to man what is right for him,
Job|33:24|-|Then He will be gracious to him and will say,Redeem him from going down into the pit;
I have found a ransom.
Job|33:25|-|His flesh will be fresher than in childhood;He will return to the days of his youth.
Job|33:26|-|He will pray to God, and He will accept him,So that he sees His face with joyous shouting;
And |1|God restores to man his righteousness.
Job|33:27|-|He will sing to men and say,I sinned and perverted what was right,
But it was not paid back to me.
Job|33:28|-|He has |a|redeemed my soul from perishing in the pit,And my life will see the light.
Job|33:29|-|Indeed, all these things God accomplishes for a man,Twice, even three times,
Job|33:30|-|To bring his soul back from the pit,To enlighten him with the |a|light of the living.
Job|33:31|-|Take heed, Job; hear me.Be silent, and I will speak.
Job|33:32|-|If you have anything to say, answer me;Speak, for I desire to justify you.
Job|33:33|-|If not, you listen to me;Be silent, and I will teach you wisdom.
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