en_cjb - Job 33 - Ozzuu Bible

¹ “So, Iyov, please, hear my speech; listen to all my words.

² Look, I am opening my mouth; the words are on the tip of my tongue.

³ I will say exactly what is on my mind; what my lips know, they will speak sincerely.

⁴ It is the Spirit of God that made me, the breath of Shaddai that gives me life.

⁵ So refute me, if you can; organize your words, take your stand!

⁶ Look, before God I’m the same as you; I too am fashioned from clay.

⁷ You don’t need to be afraid of me; my pressure on you will not be heavy.

⁸ “You spoke within my hearing, and I heard what you said —

⁹ ‘I am clean, without transgression; I am innocent, not guilty.

¹⁰ Yet [God] finds pretexts for accusing me; he regards me as his enemy.

¹¹ He puts my feet in the stocks and watches wherever I go.’

¹² “But in this, you are wrong; I will answer you: God is greater than any mortal.

¹³ Why do you strive against him? He will not defend his words —

¹⁴ God speaks once, even twice, and still the hearer misses the point.

¹⁵ “In a dream, in a vision at night, when slumber falls upon people, as they sleep in their beds,

¹⁶ he opens people’s ears and seals the matter with a warning,

¹⁷ to turn a person away from his action and protect a man from pride,

¹⁸ so that he will keep himself away from the pit and from perishing by the sword.

¹⁹ “He is also warned by pain when in bed, when all his bones are hurting;

²⁰ so that he detests bread as well as richer food.

²¹ His flesh wastes away, till one can’t stand to look; his bones protrude and become unsightly.

²² His soul comes close to the pit and his life to those who bring death.

²³ “If there is for him an angel, a mediator, one among a thousand, who can vouch for the man’s uprightness;

²⁴ then [God] is gracious to him and says, ‘Redeem him from going down to the pit; I have found a ransom.’

²⁵ His flesh becomes fresher than that of a child, he returns to the days of his youth.

²⁶ He prays to God and is accepted by him, so that he sees [God’s] face with joy, and [God] repays the man for his righteousness.

²⁷ He declares before everyone, ‘I sinned; I perverted what was right, and it gained me nothing.

²⁸ [God] redeemed me from going into the pit, and now my life sees light.’

²⁹ God will accomplish all these things twice, even three times, with a man,

³⁰ to bring him back from the pit, so that he can enjoy the light of the living.

³¹ “Pay attention, Iyov, listen to me; keep quiet, and I will keep speaking.

³² If you have something to say, answer me; speak, because I want to show that you are right.

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