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Job 33

GOD'S WORD Translation GW

1 "Please, Job, listen to my words and consider everything I say.

2 I've opened my mouth. The words are on the tip of my tongue.

3 My words are straight from the heart, and I sincerely speak the knowledge that is on my lips.

4 "God's Spirit has made me. The breath of the Almighty gives me life.

5 Answer me if you can. Present your case to me, and take your stand.

6 Indeed, I stand in front of God as you do. I, too, was formed from a piece of clay.

7 You certainly don't need to be terrified of me. I won't put too much pressure on you.

8 "But you spoke directly to me, and I listened to your words.

9 [You said,] 'I'm pure--without any rebellious acts [against God]. I'm clean; I have no sin.

10 God is only looking for an excuse to attack me. He considers me his enemy.

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

12 You aren't right about this! I've got an answer for you: God is greater than any mortal.

13 Why do you quarrel with him since he doesn't answer any questions?

14 "God speaks in one way, even in two ways without people noticing it:

15 In a dream, a prophetic vision at night, when people fall into a deep sleep, when they sleep on their beds,

16 he opens people's ears and terrifies them with warnings.

17 [He warns them] to turn away from doing [wrong] and to stop being arrogant.

18 He keeps their souls from the pit and their lives from crossing the River [of Death].

19 In pain on their sickbeds, they are disciplined with endless aching in their bones

20 so that their whole being hates food and they lose their appetite for a delicious meal.

21 Their flesh becomes so thin that it can't be seen. Their bones, not seen before, will be exposed.

22 Their souls approach the pit. Their lives come close to those already dead.

23 "If they have a messenger for them, a spokesman, one in a thousand, to tell people what is right for them,

24 then he will have pity on them and say, 'Free them from going into the pit. I have found a ransom.'

25 Then their flesh will become softer than a child's. They will go back to the days of their youth.

26 They will pray to God, who will be pleased with them. They will see God's face and shout for joy as he restores their righteousness.

27 Each one sings in front of other people and says, 'I sinned and did wrong instead of what was right, and it did me no good.

28 The messenger has freed my soul from going into the pit, and my life will see the light.'

29 Truly, God does all this two or three times with people

30 to turn their souls away from the pit and to enlighten them with the light of life.

31 "Pay attention, Job! Listen to me! Keep quiet, and let me speak.

32 If you have a response, answer me. Speak, because I'd be happy if you were right.

33 If not, you listen to me. Keep quiet, and I'll teach you wisdom."

New King James Version NKJV

1 "But please, Job, hear my speech, And listen to all my words.

2 Now, I open my mouth; My tongue speaks in my mouth.

3 My words come from my upright heart; My lips utter pure knowledge.

4 The Spirit of God has made me, And the breath of the Almighty gives me life.

5 If you can answer me, Set your words in order before me; Take your stand.

6 Truly I am as your spokesman before God; I also have been formed out of clay.

7 Surely no fear of me will terrify you, Nor will my hand be heavy on you.

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

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

10 Yet He finds occasions against me, He counts me as His enemy;

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

12 "Look, in this you are not righteous. I will answer you, For God is greater than man.

13 Why do you contend with Him? For He does not give an accounting of any of His words.

14 For God may speak in one way, or in another, Yet man does not perceive it.

15 In a dream, in a vision of the night, When deep sleep falls upon men, While slumbering on their beds,

16 Then He opens the ears of men, And seals their instruction.

17 In order to turn man from his deed, And conceal pride from man,

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

19 "Man is also chastened with pain on his bed, And with strong pain in many of his bones,

20 So that his life abhors bread, And his soul succulent food.

21 His flesh wastes away from sight, And his bones stick out which once were not seen.

22 Yes, his soul draws near the Pit, And his life to the executioners.

23 "If there is a messenger for him, A mediator, one among a thousand, To show man His uprightness,

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

25 His flesh shall be young like a child's, He shall return to the days of his youth.

26 He shall pray to God, and He will delight in him, He shall see His face with joy, For He restores to man His righteousness.

27 Then he looks at men and says, 'I have sinned, and perverted what was right, And it did not profit me.'

28 He will redeem his soul from going down to the Pit, And his life shall see the light.

29 "Behold, God works all these things, Twice, in fact, three times with a man,

30 To bring back his soul from the Pit, That he may be enlightened with the light of life.

31 "Give ear, Job, listen to me; Hold your peace, 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; Hold your peace, and I will teach you wisdom."