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Job 33

Good News Translation GNT

1 And now, Job, listen carefully to all that I have to say.

2 I am ready to say what's on my mind.

3 All my words are sincere, and I am speaking the truth.

4 God's spirit made me and gave me life.

5 Answer me if you can. Prepare your arguments.

6 You and I are the same in God's sight, both of us were formed from clay.

7 So you have no reason to fear me; I will not overpower you.

8 Now this is what I heard you say:

9 "I am not guilty; I have done nothing wrong. I am innocent and free from sin.

10 But God finds excuses for attacking me and treats me like an enemy.

11 He binds chains on my feet; he watches every move I make."

12 But I tell you, Job, you are wrong. God is greater than any human being.

13 Why do you accuse God of never answering our complaints?

14 Although God speaks again and again, no one pays attention to what he says.

15 At night when people are asleep, God speaks in dreams and visions.

16 He makes them listen to what he says, and they are frightened at his warnings.

17 God speaks to make them stop their sinning and to save them from becoming proud.

18 He will not let them be destroyed; he saves them from death itself.

19 God corrects us by sending sickness and filling our bodies with pain.

20 Those who are sick lose their appetites, and even the finest food looks revolting.

21 Their bodies waste away to nothing; you can see all their bones;

22 they are about to go to the world of the dead.

23 Perhaps an angel may come to their aid - one of God's thousands of angels, who remind us of our duty.

24 In mercy the angel will say, "Release them! They are not to go down to the world of the dead. Here is the ransom to set them free."

25 Their bodies will grow young and strong again;

26 when they pray, God will answer; they will worship God with joy; God will set things right for them again.

27 Each one will say in public, "I have sinned. I have not done right, but God spared me.

28 He kept me from going to the world of the dead, and I am still alive."

29 God does all this again and again;

30 each one saves a person's life, and gives him the joy of living.

31 Now, Job, listen to what I am saying; be quiet and let me speak.

32 But if you have something to say, let me hear it; I would gladly admit you are in the right.

33 But if not, be quiet and listen to me, and I will teach you how to be wise.

Revised Standard Version RSV

1 "But now, hear my speech, O Job, and listen to all my words.

2 Behold, I open my mouth; the tongue in my mouth speaks.

3 My words declare the uprightness of my heart, and what my lips know they speak sincerely.

4 The spirit of God has made me, and the breath of the Almighty gives me life.

5 Answer me, if you can; set your words in order before me; take your stand.

6 Behold, I am toward God as you are; I too was formed from a piece of clay.

7 Behold, no fear of me need terrify you; my pressure will not be heavy upon you.

8 "Surely, you have spoken in my hearing, and I have heard the sound of your words.

9 You say, 'I am clean, without transgression; I am pure, and there is no iniquity in me.

10 Behold, he finds occasions against me, he counts me as his enemy;

11 he puts my feet in the stocks, and watches all my paths.'

12 "Behold, in this you are not right. I will answer you. God is greater than man.

13 Why do you contend against him, saying, 'He will answer none of my words'?

14 For God speaks in one way, and in two, though man does not perceive it.

15 In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falls upon men, while they slumber on their beds,

16 then he opens the ears of men, and terrifies them with warnings,

17 that he may turn man aside from his deed, and cut off pride from man;

18 he keeps back his soul from the Pit, his life from perishing by the sword.

19 "Man is also chastened with pain upon his bed, and with continual strife in his bones;

20 so that his life loathes bread, and his appetite dainty food.

21 His flesh is so wasted away that it cannot be seen; and his bones which were not seen stick out.

22 His soul draws near the Pit, and his life to those who bring death.

23 If there be for him an angel, a mediator, one of the thousand, to declare to man what is right for him;

24 and he is gracious to him, and says, 'Deliver him from going down into the Pit, I have found a ransom;

25 let his flesh become fresh with youth; let him return to the days of his youthful vigor';

26 then man prays to God, and he accepts him, he comes into his presence with joy. He recounts to men his salvation,

27 and he sings before men, and says: 'I sinned and perverted what was right, and it was not requited to me.

28 He has redeemed my soul from going down into the Pit, and my life shall see the light.'

29 "Behold, God does all these things, twice, three times, with a man,

30 to bring back his soul from the Pit, that he may see the light of life.

31 Give heed, O Job, listen to me; be silent, and I will speak.

32 If you have anything to say, answer me; speak, for I desire to justify you.

33 If not, listen to me; be silent, and I will teach you wisdom."