| 章 |
| 33:1 |
"But now, Job, listen to my words; pay attention to everything I say.
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| 33:2 |
I am about to open my mouth; my words are on the tip of my tongue.
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| 33:3 |
My words come from an upright heart; my lips sincerely speak what I know.
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| 33:4 |
The Spirit of God has made me; the breath of the Almighty gives me life.
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| 33:5 |
Answer me then, if you can; prepare yourself and confront me.
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| 33:6 |
I am just like you before God; I too have been taken from clay.
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| 33:7 |
No fear of me should alarm you, nor should my hand be heavy upon you.
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| 33:8 |
"But you have said in my hearing-- I heard the very words--
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| 33:9 |
`I am pure and without sin; I am clean and free from guilt.
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| 33:10 |
Yet God has found fault with me; he considers me his enemy.
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| 33:11 |
He fastens my feet in shackles; he keeps close watch on all my paths.
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| 33:12 |
"'But I tell you, in this you are not right, for God is greater than man.
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| 33:13 |
Why do you complain to him that he answers none of man's words?
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| 33:14 |
For God does speak--now one way, now another-- though man may not perceive it.
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| 33:15 |
In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falls on men as they slumber in their beds,
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| 33:16 |
he may speak in their ears and terrify them with warnings,
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| 33:17 |
to turn man from wrongdoing and keep him from pride,
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| 33:18 |
to preserve his soul from the pit, his life from perishing by the sword.
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| 33:19 |
Or a man may be chastened on a bed of pain with constant distress in his bones,
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| 33:20 |
so that his very being finds food repulsive and his soul loathes the choicest meal.
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| 33:21 |
His flesh wastes away to nothing, and his bones, once hidden, now stick out.
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| 33:22 |
His soul draws near to the pit, and his life to the messengers of death.
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| 33:23 |
"Yet if there is an angel on his side as a mediator, one out of a thousand, to tell a man what is right for him,
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| 33:24 |
to be gracious to him and say, `Spare him from going down to the pit; I have found a ransom for him'--
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| 33:25 |
then his flesh is renewed like a child's; it is restored as in the days of his youth.
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| 33:26 |
He prays to God and finds favor with him, he sees God's face and shouts for joy; he is restored by God to his righteous state.
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| 33:27 |
Then he comes to men and says, `I sinned, and perverted what was right, but I did not get what I deserved.
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| 33:28 |
He redeemed my soul from going down to the pit, and I will live to enjoy the light.
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| 33:29 |
"'God does all these things to a man-- twice, even three times--
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| 33:30 |
to turn back his soul from the pit, that the light of life may shine on him.
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| 33:31 |
"Pay attention, Job, and listen to me; be silent, and I will speak.
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| 33:32 |
If you have anything to say, answer me; speak up, for I want you to be cleared.
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| 33:33 |
But if not, then listen to me; be silent, and I will teach you wisdom."
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