33:1 “However, Job, please hear my speech, and listen to all my words.
33:2 See now, I have opened my mouth. My tongue has spoken in my mouth.
33:3 My words shall utter the uprightness of my heart. That which my lips know they shall speak sincerely.
33:4 The Spirit of God has made me, and the breath of the Almighty gives me life.
33:5 If you can, answer me. Set your words in order before me, and stand forth.
33:6 Behold, I am toward God even as you are. I am also formed out of the clay.
33:7 Behold, my terror shall not make you afraid, neither shall my pressure be heavy on you.
33:8 “Surely you have spoken in my hearing, I have heard the voice of your words, saying,
33:9 ‘I am clean, without disobedience. I am innocent, neither is there iniquity in me.
33:10 Behold, he finds occasions against me. He counts me for his enemy.
33:11 He puts my feet in the stocks. He marks all my paths.’
33:12 “Behold, I will answer you. In this you are not just, for God is greater than man.
33:13 Why do you strive against him, because he doesn’t give account of any of his matters?
33:14 For God speaks once, yes twice, though man pays no attention.
33:15 In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falls on men, in slumbering on the bed;
33:16 Then he opens the ears of men, and seals their instruction,
33:17 That he may withdraw man from his purpose, and hide pride from man.
33:18 He keeps back his soul from the pit, and his life from perishing by the sword.
33:19 He is chastened also with pain on his bed, with continual strife in his bones;
33:20 So that his life abhors bread, and his soul dainty food.
33:21 His flesh is so consumed away, that it can’t be seen. His bones that were not seen stick out.
33:22 Yes, his soul draws near to the pit, and his life to the destroyers.
33:23 “If there is beside him an angel, an interpreter, one among a thousand, to show to man what is right for him;
33:24 then God is gracious to him, and says, ‘Deliver him from going down to the pit, I have found a ransom.’
33:25 His flesh shall be fresher than a child’s. He returns to the days of his youth.
33:26 He prays to God, and he is favorable to him, so that he sees his face with joy. He restores to man his righteousness.
33:27 He sings before men, and says, ‘I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, and it didn’t profit me.
33:28 He has redeemed my soul from going into the pit. My life shall see the light.’
33:29 “Behold, God works all these things, twice, yes three times, with a man,
33:30 to bring back his soul from the pit, that he may be enlightened with the light of the living.
33:31 Mark well, Job, and listen to me. Hold your peace, and I will speak.
33:32 If you have anything to say, answer me. Speak, for I desire to justify you.
33:33 If not, listen to me. Hold your peace, and I will teach you wisdom.”