Douay-Rheims Catholic Bible RHE
New Living Translation NLT
1 Hear therefore, O Job, my speeches, and hearken to all my words.
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“Listen to my words, Job; pay attention to what I have to say.
2 Behold now I have opened my mouth, let my tongue speak within my jaws.
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Now that I have begun to speak, let me continue.
3 My words are from my upright heart, and my lips shall speak a pure sentence.
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I speak with all sincerity; I speak the truth.
4 The spirit of God made me, and the breath of the Almighty gave me life.
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For the Spirit of God has made me, and the breath of the Almighty gives me life.
5 If thou canst, answer me, and stand up against my face.
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Answer me, if you can; make your case and take your stand.
6 Behold God hath made me as well as thee, and of the same clay I also was formed.
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Look, you and I both belong to God. I, too, was formed from clay.
7 But yet let not my wonder terrify thee, and let not my eloquence be burdensome to thee.
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So you don’t need to be afraid of me. I won’t come down hard on you.
8 Now thou hast said in my hearing, and I have heard the voice of thy words:
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“You have spoken in my hearing, and I have heard your very words.
9 I am clean, and without sin: I am unspotted, and there is no iniquity in me.
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You said, ‘I am pure; I am without sin; I am innocent; I have no guilt.
10 Because he hath found complaints against me, therefore he hath counted me for his enemy.
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God is picking a quarrel with me, and he considers me his enemy.
11 He hath put my feet in the stocks, he hath observed all my paths.
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He puts my feet in the stocks and watches my every move.’
12 Now this is the thing in which thou art not justified: I will answer thee, that God is greater than man.
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“But you are wrong, and I will show you why. For God is greater than any human being.
13 Dost thou strive against him, because he hath not answered thee to all words?
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So why are you bringing a charge against him? Why say he does not respond to people’s complaints?
14 God speaketh once, and repeateth not the selfsame thing the second time.
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For God speaks again and again, though people do not recognize it.
15 By a dream in a vision by night, when deep sleep falleth upon men, and they are sleeping in their beds:
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He speaks in dreams, in visions of the night, when deep sleep falls on people as they lie in their beds.
16 Then he openeth the ears of men, and teaching instructeth them in what they are to learn.
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He whispers in their ears and terrifies them with warnings.
17 That he may withdraw a man from the things he is doing, and may deliver him from pride.
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He makes them turn from doing wrong; he keeps them from pride.
18 Rescuing his soul from corruption: and his life from passing to the sword.
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He protects them from the grave, from crossing over the river of death.
19 He rebuketh also by sorrow in the bed, and he maketh all his bones to wither.
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“Or God disciplines people with pain on their sickbeds, with ceaseless aching in their bones.
20 Bread becometh abominable to him in his life, and to his soul the meat which before he desired.
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They lose their appetite for even the most delicious food.
21 His flesh shall be consumed away, and his bones that were covered shall be made bare.
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Their flesh wastes away, and their bones stick out.
22 His soul hath drawn near to corruption, and his life to the destroyers.
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They are at death’s door; the angels of death wait for them.
23 If there shall be an angel speaking for him, one among thousands, to declare man’s uprightness,
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“But if an angel from heaven appears— a special messenger to intercede for a person and declare that he is upright—
24 He shall have mercy on him, and shall say: Deliver him, that he may not go down to corruption: I have found wherein I may be merciful to him.
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he will be gracious and say, ‘Rescue him from the grave, for I have found a ransom for his life.’
25 His flesh is consumed with punishments, let him return to the days of his youth.
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Then his body will become as healthy as a child’s, firm and youthful again.
26 He shall pray to God, and he will be gracious to him: and he shall see his face with joy, and he will render to man his justice.
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When he prays to God, he will be accepted. And God will receive him with joy and restore him to good standing.
27 He shall look upon men, and shall say: I have sinned, and indeed I have offended, and I have not received what I have deserved.
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He will declare to his friends, ‘I sinned and twisted the truth, but it was not worth it.
28 He hath delivered his soul from going into destruction, that it may live and see the light.
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God rescued me from the grave, and now my life is filled with light.’
29 Behold, all these things God worketh three times within every one.
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“Yes, God does these things again and again for people.
30 That he may withdraw their souls from corruption, and enlighten them with the light of the living.
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He rescues them from the grave so they may enjoy the light of life.
31 Attend, Job, and hearken to me, and hold thy peace, whilst I speak.
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Mark this well, Job. Listen to me, for I have more to say.
32 But if thou hast any thing to say, answer me, speak: for I would have thee to appear just.
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But if you have anything to say, go ahead. Speak, for I am anxious to see you justified.
33 And if thou have not, hear me: hold thy peace, and I will teach thee wisdom.
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But if not, then listen to me. Keep silent and I will teach you wisdom!”
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