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33:1  “But now, Job, hear what I say. Listen to all my words.
33:2  See, I open my mouth. My tongue in my mouth wants to speak.
33:3  My words come from my heart that is right. My lips speak in truth what I know.
33:4  The Spirit of God has made me. And the breath of the All-powerful gives me life.
33:5  Prove me wrong if you can. Get ready to answer me, and take your stand.
33:6  See, I belong to God like you. I also have been made from the clay.
33:7  See, you have no reason to be afraid of me. I should not make it hard for you.
33:8  “For sure you have spoken in my hearing. I have heard all you have said.
33:9  You said, ‘I am pure and without sin. I am not guilty, and there is no sin in me.
33:10  But see, God finds things against me. He thinks of me as someone who hates Him.
33:11  He puts my feet in chains, and watches all my paths.’
33:12  See, I tell you, in this you are not right. For God is greater than man.
33:13  “Why do you complain against Him? He does not give a reason for all He does.
33:14  For God speaks once, or twice, and yet no one listens.
33:15  In a dream, a special dream of the night, when deep sleep comes upon men, while they sleep in their beds,
33:16  then He opens the ears of men. He teaches them and makes them afraid telling them of danger,
33:17  that He may turn man away from wrong-doing and keep him from pride.
33:18  He keeps his soul from going to the place of the dead. And He keeps his life from being destroyed by the sword.
33:19  “Man is also punished with pain on his bed and has pain all the time in his bones.
33:20  So he hates bread, and has no desire for fine foods.
33:21  His flesh is so wasted away that it cannot be seen. His bones which were not seen stick out.
33:22  His soul comes close to the grave, and his life to those who bring death.
33:23  “If there is an angel, one out of a thousand, to speak with God for him, and to show a man what is right for him,
33:24  then let him be kind to him, and say, ‘Save him from going down to the grave. I have found someone to pay the price to make him free.
33:25  Let his flesh become young again. Let him return to the days when he was young and strong.’
33:26  Then he will pray to God, and God will be pleased with him. He will see His face with joy. And God will make man right with Him again.
33:27  He will sing to men and say, ‘I have sinned and have not done what is right, but He did not punish me.
33:28  He has kept my soul from going to the grave. And my life will see the light.’
33:29  “See, God does all these things twice, even three times, to a man,
33:30  to turn back his soul from the grave, that he may see the light of life.
33:31  Hear what I say, O Job, listen to me. Be quiet and let me speak.
33:32  If you have anything to say, answer me. Speak, for I want to make you right with God.
33:33  If not, listen to me. Be quiet, and I will teach you wisdom.”