Job 33

¹Howbeit, Job, I pray thee, hear my speech,

²Behold now, I have opened my mouth;

³My words shall utter the uprightness of my heart;

⁴The Spirit of God hath made me,

⁵If thou canst, answer thou me;

⁶Behold, I am toward God even as thou art:

⁷Behold, my terror shall not make thee afraid,

⁸Surely thou hast spoken in my hearing,

⁹I am clean, without transgression;

¹⁰Behold, he findeth occasions against me,

¹¹He putteth my feet in the stocks,

¹²Behold, I will answer thee, in this thou art not just;

¹³Why dost thou strive against him,

¹⁴For God speaketh once,

¹⁵In a dream, in a vision of the night,

¹⁶Then he openeth the ears of men,

¹⁷That he may withdraw man from his purpose,

¹⁸He keepeth back his soul from the pit,

¹⁹He is chastened also with pain upon his bed,

²⁰So that his life abhorreth bread,

²¹His flesh is consumed away, that it cannot be seen;

²²Yea, his soul draweth near unto the pit,

²³If there be with him an angel,

²⁴Then God is gracious unto him, and saith,

²⁵His flesh shall be fresher than a child’s;

²⁶He prayeth unto God, and he is favorable unto him,

²⁷He singeth before men, and saith,

²⁸He hath redeemed my soul from going into the pit,

²⁹Lo, all these things doth God work,

³⁰To bring back his soul from the pit,

³¹Mark well, O Job, hearken unto me:

³²If thou hast anything to say, answer me:

³³If not, hearken thou unto me: