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33:1  And yet, I pray thee, O Job, Hear my speech and [to] all my words give ear.
33:2  Lo, I pray thee, I have opened my mouth, My tongue hath spoken in the palate.
33:3  Of the uprightness of my heart [are] my sayings, And knowledge have my lips clearly spoken.
33:4  The Spirit of God hath made me, And the breath of the Mighty doth quicken me.
33:5  If thou art able -- answer me, Set in array before me -- station thyself.
33:6  Lo, I [am], according to thy word, for God, From the clay I -- I also, have been formed.
33:7  Lo, my terror doth not frighten thee, And my burden on thee is not heavy.
33:8  Surely -- thou hast said in mine ears, And the sounds of words I hear:
33:9  `Pure [am] I, without transgression, Innocent [am] I, and I have no iniquity.
33:10  Lo, occasions against me He doth find, He doth reckon me for an enemy to Him,
33:11  He doth put in the stocks my feet, He doth watch all my paths.'
33:12  Lo, [in] this thou hast not been righteous, I answer thee, that greater is God than man.
33:13  Wherefore against Him hast thou striven, When [for] all His matters He answereth not?
33:14  For once doth God speak, and twice, (He doth not behold it.)
33:15  In a dream -- a vision of night, In the falling of deep sleep on men, In slumberings on a bed.
33:16  Then He uncovereth the ear of men, And for their instruction sealeth:
33:17  To turn aside man [from] doing, And pride from man He concealeth.
33:18  He keepeth back his soul from corruption, And his life from passing away by a dart.
33:19  And he hath been reproved With pain on his bed, And the strife of his bones [is] enduring.
33:20  And his life hath nauseated bread, And his soul desirable food.
33:21  His flesh is consumed from being seen, And high are his bones, they were not seen!
33:22  And draw near to the pit doth his soul, And his life to those causing death.
33:23  If there is by him a messenger, An interpreter -- one of a thousand, To declare for man his uprightness:
33:24  Then He doth favour him and saith, `Ransom him from going down to the pit, I have found an atonement.'
33:25  Fresher [is] his flesh than a child's, He returneth to the days of his youth.
33:26  He maketh supplication unto God, And He accepteth him. And he seeth His face with shouting, And He returneth to man His righteousness.
33:27  He looketh on men, and saith, `I sinned, And uprightness I have perverted, And it hath not been profitable to me.
33:28  He hath ransomed my soul From going over into the pit, And my life on the light looketh.'
33:29  Lo, all these doth God work, Twice -- thrice with man,
33:30  To bring back his soul from the pit, To be enlightened with the light of the living.
33:31  Attend, O Job, hearken to me, Keep silent, and I -- I do speak.
33:32  If there are words -- answer me, Speak, for I have a desire to justify thee.
33:33  If there are not -- hearken thou to me, Keep silent, and I teach thee wisdom.