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33 But listen, Job, pray, to my words,
And give ear unto all that I say.
2 Behold! I have opened my mouth;
My tongue in my palate hath spoken.
3 MY heart poureth forth words of knowledge;
Unfeigned is the speech of my lips.
4 The spirit of God hath created me;
My life is the breath of Almighty.
5 Then answer me this, if thou canst:
Stand up and debate with me.
6 See! I am in God’s sight as thou;
I, too, was fashioned to clay.
7 See! no terrors of mine need appal thee,
Nor shall my hand lie heavy upon thee.
8 Thou hast certainly said in my hearing,
Thy voice I heard thus maintaining:
9 "Pure and sinless am I;
I am clean, there is no guilt in me.
10 But He findeth pretexts against me,
He counteth me as His foe.
11 He setteth my feet in the stocks,
Keepeth watch over all my ways.
12 Behold! when I cry, comes no answer:
God hideth Himself from men."
God speaks to Men through Dreams and Visions
13 Now why dost thou plead against Him
That He giveth thy words no answer?
14 For God hath one manner of speech,
Yea two – and He doth not revoke it.
15 In a dream, in a vision of night,
"When deep sleep falleth on men,"
In slumbers upon the bed,
16 Then He opens the ears of men,
And sendeth them fearful warnings,
17 To turn men aside from wrong,
And to bring human pride to an end–
18 To keep back man’s soul from the pit
And his life from descending to Sheol.
God speaks to Men through Pain and Sickness
19 Or on bed of pain he is chastened,
And all his bones are benumbed.
20 His soul has a loathing of bread,
And the daintiest food he abhorreth.
21 His flesh is lean and wasted;
His bones are all but bare.
22 His soul draweth nigh to the pit,
And his life to the angels of death.
23 Then over him there is an angel
Interpreter, one of a thousand,
Who expounds unto man his chastisement,
24 Takes pity on him and says:
Let him not go down to the pit:
I have found (for his soul) a ransom."
25 Then his flesh becomes fresher than child’s,
He returns to the days of his youth.
26 He prays unto God with acceptance,
He looks on His face with joy,
Tells the story of his salvation,
27 And sings before men this song:
"I have sinned and perverted the right,
Yet He hath not requited my sin.
28 He hath ransomed my soul from the pit,
That alive I behold the light."
29 See! all these things God doeth,
Twice, yea thrice, with a man,
30 To bring back his soul from the pit,
With the light of life’s sunshine upon him.
31 Be attentive, Job, listen to me;
Be thou silent, and I will speak.
32 If aught thou canst say, then answer me:
Speak, for my wish is to clear thee.
33 But if not, listen thou unto me:
Be silent, while I teach thee wisdom.
JOB C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 C9 C10 C11 C12 C13 C14 C15 C16 C17 C18 C19 C20 C21 C22 C23 C24 C25 C26 C27 C28 C29 C30 C31 C32 C33 C34 C35 C36 C37 C38 C39 C40 C41 C42