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| 33:1 |
Howbeit, Job, I pray thee, hear mine utterances, and hearken to all my words.
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| 33:2 |
Behold now, I have opened my mouth, my tongue speaketh in my palate,
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| 33:3 |
My words shall be of the uprightness of my heart, and my lips shall utter knowledge purely.
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| 33:4 |
The Spirit of God hath made me, and the breath of the Almighty hath given me life.
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| 33:5 |
If thou canst, answer me; array [thy words] before me: take thy stand.
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| 33:6 |
Behold, before God I am as thou; I also am formed out of the clay.
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| 33:7 |
Behold, my terror shall not make thee afraid, nor my burden be heavy upon thee.
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| 33:8 |
Surely thou hast spoken in my hearing, and I have heard the voice of [thy] words: --
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| 33:9 |
I am clean without transgression; I am pure, and there is no iniquity in me;
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| 33:10 |
Lo, he findeth occasions of hostility against me, he counteth me for his enemy;
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| 33:11 |
He putteth my feet in the stocks, he marketh all my paths.
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| 33:12 |
Behold, I will answer thee in this, thou art not right; for +God is greater than man.
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| 33:13 |
Why dost thou strive against him? for he giveth not account of any of his matters.
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| 33:14 |
For God speaketh once, and twice, -- [and man] perceiveth it not --
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| 33:15 |
In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falleth upon men, in slumberings upon the bed;
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| 33:16 |
Then he openeth men's ears, and sealeth their instruction,
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| 33:17 |
That he may withdraw man [from his] work, and hide pride from man.
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| 33:18 |
He keepeth back his soul from the pit, and his life from passing away by the sword.
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| 33:19 |
He is chastened also with pain upon his bed, and with constant strife in his bones;
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| 33:20 |
And his life abhorreth bread, and his soul dainty food;
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| 33:21 |
His flesh is consumed away from view, and his bones that were not seen stick out;
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| 33:22 |
And his soul draweth near to the pit, and his life to the destroyers.
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| 33:23 |
If there be a messenger with him, an interpreter, one among a thousand, to shew unto man his duty;
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| 33:24 |
Then he will be gracious unto him, and say, Deliver him from going down to the pit: I have found a ransom.
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| 33:25 |
His flesh shall be fresher than in childhood; he shall return to the days of his youth.
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| 33:26 |
He shall pray unto +God, and he will receive him with favour; and he shall see his face with shoutings, and he will render unto man his righteousness.
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| 33:27 |
He will sing before men, and say, I have sinned, and perverted what was right, and it hath not been requited to me;
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| 33:28 |
He hath delivered my soul from going into the pit, and my life shall see the light.
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| 33:29 |
Lo, all these [things] worketh God twice, thrice, with man,
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| 33:30 |
To bring back his soul from the pit, that he may be enlightened with the light of the living.
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| 33:31 |
Mark well, Job, hearken unto me; be silent, and I will speak.
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| 33:32 |
If thou hast anything to say, answer me; speak, for I desire to justify thee.
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| 33:33 |
If not, hearken thou unto me; be silent, and I will teach thee wisdom.
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