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33:1  Therefore, Job, hear now my reasons, and hearken to all my words.
33:2  Behold, now I shall open my mouth, my tongue shall speak in my mouth.
33:3  My reasons declare the uprightness of my heart; and my lips shall utter pure knowledge.
33:4  The Spirit of God made me, and the breath of the Almighty gave me life.
33:5  If thou canst answer me, set thy words in order before me, stand up.
33:6  Behold, I am according to thy wish in God’s stead; I also am formed out of the clay.
33:7  Behold, my terror shall not make thee afraid, neither shall my hand be heavy upon thee.
33:8  Surely thou hast spoken in my hearing, and I have heard the voice of thy words, saying,
33:9  I am clean without rebellion, I am innocent; neither is there iniquity in me.
33:10  Behold, God sought occasions against me, he counts me for his enemy,
33:11  he put my feet in the stocks, he guards all my paths.
33:12  Behold, in this thou art not just; I will answer thee, that God is greater than man.
33:13  Why dost thou strive against him? For he will not answer all of thy words.
33:14  Nevertheless, in one or two manners God speaks to the one who does not see.
33:15  In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falls upon men, in slumberings upon the bed;
33:16  then he opens the ears of men and seals their instruction,
33:17  that he may withdraw the man from his own work and cover the man from pride.
33:18  Thus he keeps back his soul from the pit and his life from perishing by the sword.
33:19  He is chastened also upon his bed with strong pain in all his bones,
33:20  so that his life abhors bread and his soul dainty food.
33:21  His flesh is consumed away, that it cannot be seen; and his bones that were not seen stick out.
33:22  His soul shall draw near to the grave, and his life to those that would bury him.
33:23  If there is a messenger with him, an interpreter, one among a thousand, to show unto man his uprightness;
33:24  to tell him that God had mercy on him, that he delivered him from going down to the pit; that he found a ransom;
33:25  his flesh shall become more tender than a child’s; and he shall return to the days of his youth.
33:26  He shall pray unto God, and he will love him; and he shall see his face with shouts of joy; for he will render unto the man the recompense of his righteousness.
33:27  He looks upon men, and if any say, I have sinned and perverted that which was right, and it did not profit me;
33:28  God will ransom his soul from going into the pit, and his life shall see the light.
33:29  Behold, God does all these things two and three times with man,
33:30  to turn back his soul from the pit, to be enlightened with the light of the living.
33:31  Hear me, O Job, hearken unto me; be silent, and I will speak.
33:32  If thou hast anything to say, answer me; speak, for I desire to justify thee.
33:33  If not, hearken unto me; be silent, and I shall teach thee wisdom.