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33:1  “But now, hear my speech, O Job, and listen to all my words.
33:2  Behold, I open my mouth; the tongue in my mouth speaks.
33:3  My words declare the uprightness of my heart, and what my lips know they speak sincerely.
33:4  The spirit of God has made me, and the breath of the Almighty gives me life.
33:5  Answer me, if you can; set your words in order before me; take your stand.
33:6  Behold, I am toward God as you are; I too was formed from a piece of clay.
33:7  Behold, no fear of me need terrify you; my pressure will not be heavy upon you.
33:8  “Surely, you have spoken in my hearing, and I have heard the sound of your words.
33:9  You say, ‘I am clean, without transgression; I am pure, and there is no iniquity in me.
33:10  Behold, he finds occasions against me, he counts me as his enemy;
33:11  he puts my feet in the stocks, and watches all my paths.’
33:12  “Behold, in this you are not right. I will answer you. God is greater than man.
33:13  Why do you contend against him, saying, ‘He will answer none of my words’?
33:14  For God speaks in one way, and in two, though man does not perceive it.
33:15  In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falls upon men, while they slumber on their beds,
33:16  then he opens the ears of men, and terrifies them with warnings,
33:17  that he may turn man aside from his deed, and cut off pride from man;
33:18  he keeps back his soul from the Pit, his life from perishing by the sword.
33:19  “Man is also chastened with pain upon his bed, and with continual strife in his bones;
33:20  so that his life loathes bread, and his appetite dainty food.
33:21  His flesh is so wasted away that it cannot be seen; and his bones which were not seen stick out.
33:22  His soul draws near the Pit, and his life to those who bring death.
33:23  If there be for him an angel, a mediator, one of the thousand, to declare to man what is right for him;
33:24  and he is gracious to him, and says, ‘Deliver him from going down into the Pit, I have found a ransom;
33:25  let his flesh become fresh with youth; let him return to the days of his youthful vigor’;
33:26  then man prays to God, and he accepts him, he comes into his presence with joy. He recounts to men his salvation,
33:27  and he sings before men, and says: ‘I sinned, and perverted what was right, and it was not requited to me.
33:28  He has redeemed my soul from going down into the Pit, and my life shall see the light.’
33:29  “Behold, God does all these things, twice, three times, with a man,
33:30  to bring back his soul from the Pit, that he may see the light of life.
33:31  Give heed, O Job, listen to me; be silent, 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; be silent, and I will teach you wisdom.”