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Job 33

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¹ But now, Job, pay attention to my speech, and listen to all my words.

² I am going to open my mouth; my tongue will form words on my palate.

³ My words come from my upright ⓗ heart, and my lips speak with sincerity what they know.

⁴ The Spirit of God has made me, and the breath of the Almighty ⓘ gives me life. ⓙ

⁵ Refute me if you can. Prepare ⓚ your case against me; take your stand. ⓛ

⁶ I am just like you before God; I was also pinched off from a piece of clay. ⓜ

⁷ Fear ⓝ of me should not terrify you; no pressure from me should weigh you down.

⁸ Surely you have spoken in my hearing, and I have heard these very [1] words:

⁹ “I am pure, without transgression; I am clean and have no iniquity. ⓐ

¹⁰ But he finds reasons to oppose me; he regards me as his enemy. ⓑ

¹¹ He puts my feet in the stocks; he stands watch ⓒ over all my paths.”

¹² But I tell you that you are wrong in this matter, since God is greater than man. ⓓ

¹³ Why do you take ⓔ him to court for not answering anything a person asks? [2]

¹⁴ For God speaks time and again, but a person may not notice it.

¹⁵ In a dream, a vision ⓕ in the night, when deep sleep comes over people ⓖ as they slumber on their beds,

¹⁶ he uncovers their ears ⓗ and terrifies them [3] with warnings,

¹⁷ in order to turn a person from his actions and suppress the pride of a person.

¹⁸ God spares his soul from the Pit, ⓘ his life from crossing the river of death. [4]

¹⁹ A person may be disciplined on his bed ⓙ with pain and constant distress in his bones, ⓚ

²⁰ so that he detests bread, and his soul despises his favorite food. ⓛ

²¹ His flesh wastes away to nothing, [5] and his unseen bones stick out.

²² He draws near to the Pit, and his life to the executioners.

²³ If there is an angel ⓜ on his side, one mediator out of a thousand, to tell a person what is right for him [6]

²⁴ and to be gracious to him and say, “Spare him from going down to the Pit; I have found a ransom,” ⓝ

²⁵ then his flesh will be healthier [7] than in his youth, and he will return to the days of his youthful vigor. ⓐ

²⁶ He will pray to God, and God will delight in him. That person will see his face ⓑ with a shout of joy, and God will restore his righteousness to him. ⓒ

²⁷ He will look at men and say, “I have sinned and perverted what was right; yet I did not get what I deserved. [8]

²⁸ He redeemed my soul from going down to the Pit, and I will continue to see the light.”

²⁹ God certainly does all these things two or three times to a person

³⁰ in order to turn him back from the Pit, so he may shine with the light of life. ⓓ

³¹ Pay attention, Job, and listen to me. Be quiet, and I will speak.

³² But if you have something to say, [9] answer me; speak, for I would like to justify you.

³³ If not, then listen to me; be quiet, and I will teach you wisdom.

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

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