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Job 33

New Century Version NCV

1 "Now, Job, listen to my words. Pay attention to everything I say.

2 I open my mouth and am ready to speak.

3 My words come from an honest heart, and I am sincere in saying what I know.

4 The Spirit of God created me, and the breath of the Almighty gave me life.

5 Answer me if you can; get yourself ready and stand before me.

6 I am just like you before God; I too am made out of clay.

7 Don't be afraid of me; I will not be hard on you.

8 "But I heard what you have said; I heard every word.

9 You said, 'I am pure and without sin; I am innocent and free from guilt.

10 But God has found fault with me; he considers me his enemy.

11 He locks my feet in chains and closely watches everywhere I go.'

12 "But I tell you, you are not right in saying this, because God is greater than we are.

13 Why do you accuse God of not answering anyone?

14 God does speak -- sometimes one way and sometimes another -- even though people may not understand it.

15 He speaks in a dream or a vision of the night when people are in a deep sleep, lying on their beds.

16 He speaks in their ears and frightens them with warnings

17 to turn them away from doing wrong and to keep them from being proud.

18 God does this to save a person from death, to keep him from dying.

19 A person may be corrected while in bed in great pain; he may have continual pain in his very bones.

20 He may be in such pain that he even hates food, even the very best meal.

21 His body becomes so thin there is almost nothing left of it, and his bones that were hidden now stick out.

22 He is near death, and his life is almost over.

23 "But there may be an angel to speak for him, one out of a thousand, who will tell him what to do.

24 The angel will beg for mercy and say: 'Save him from death. I have found a way to pay for his life.'

25 Then his body is made new like a child's. It will return to the way it was when he was young.

26 That person will pray to God, and God will listen to him. with happiness. And God will set things right for him again.

27 Then he will say to others, 'I sinned and twisted what was right, but I did not receive the punishment I should have received.

28 God bought my life back from death, and I will continue to enjoy life.'

29 "God does all these things to a person two or even three times

30 so he won't die as punishment for his sins and so he may still enjoy life.

31 "Job, pay attention and listen to me; be quiet, and I will speak.

32 If you have anything to say, answer me; speak up, because I want to prove you right.

33 But if you have nothing to say, then listen to me; be quiet, and I will teach you wisdom."

New International Version NIV

1 “But now, Job, listen to my words; pay attention to everything I say.

2 I am about to open my mouth; my words are on the tip of my tongue.

3 My words come from an upright heart; my lips sincerely speak what I know.

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

5 Answer me then, if you can; stand up and argue your case before me.

6 I am the same as you in God’s sight; I too am a piece of clay.

7 No fear of me should alarm you, nor should my hand be heavy on you.

8 “But you have said in my hearing— I heard the very words—

9 ‘I am pure, I have done no wrong; I am clean and free from sin.

10 Yet God has found fault with me; he considers me his enemy.

11 He fastens my feet in shackles; he keeps close watch on all my paths.’

12 “But I tell you, in this you are not right, for God is greater than any mortal.

13 Why do you complain to him that he responds to no one’s words ?

14 For God does speak—now one way, now another— though no one perceives it.

15 In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falls on people as they slumber in their beds,

16 he may speak in their ears and terrify them with warnings,

17 to turn them from wrongdoing and keep them from pride,

18 to preserve them from the pit, their lives from perishing by the sword.

19 “Or someone may be chastened on a bed of pain with constant distress in their bones,

20 so that their body finds food repulsive and their soul loathes the choicest meal.

21 Their flesh wastes away to nothing, and their bones, once hidden, now stick out.

22 They draw near to the pit, and their life to the messengers of death.

23 Yet if there is an angel at their side, a messenger, one out of a thousand, sent to tell them how to be upright,

24 and he is gracious to that person and says to God, ‘Spare them from going down to the pit; I have found a ransom for them—

25 let their flesh be renewed like a child’s; let them be restored as in the days of their youth’—

26 then that person can pray to God and find favor with him, they will see God’s face and shout for joy; he will restore them to full well-being.

27 And they will go to others and say, ‘I have sinned, I have perverted what is right, but I did not get what I deserved.

28 God has delivered me from going down to the pit, and I shall live to enjoy the light of life.’

29 “God does all these things to a person— twice, even three times—

30 to turn them back from the pit, that the light of life may shine on them.

31 “Pay attention, Job, and listen to me; be silent, and I will speak.

32 If you have anything to say, answer me; speak up, for I want to vindicate you.

33 But if not, then listen to me; be silent, and I will teach you wisdom.”