Job 33  Christian Standard Bible

⁸ Surely you have spoken in my hearing,
and I have heard these very^[a] words:
⁹ “I am pure, without transgression;
I am clean and have no iniquity.^(H)
10 But he finds reasons to oppose me;
he regards me as his enemy.^(I)
11 He puts my feet in the stocks;
he stands watch^(J) over all my paths.”

¹² But I tell you that you are wrong in this matter,
since God is greater than man.^(K)
13 Why do you take^(L) him to court
for not answering anything a person asks?^[b]
14 For God speaks time and again,
but a person may not notice it.
¹⁵ In a dream, a vision^(M) in the night,
when deep sleep comes over people^(N)
as they slumber on their beds,
¹⁶ he uncovers their ears^(O)
and terrifies them^[c] with warnings,
¹⁷ in order to turn a person from his actions
and suppress the pride of a person.
¹⁸ God spares his soul from the Pit,^(P)
his life from crossing the river of death.^[d]
19 A person may be disciplined on his bed^(Q) with pain
and constant distress in his bones,^(R)
20 so that he detests bread,
and his soul despises his favorite food.^(S)
21 His flesh wastes away to nothing,^[e]
and his unseen bones stick out.
²² He draws near to the Pit,
and his life to the executioners.
²³ If there is an angel^(T) on his side,
one mediator out of a thousand,
to tell a person what is right for him^[f]
24 and to be gracious to him and say,
“Spare him from going down to the Pit;
I have found a ransom,”^(U)
25 then his flesh will be healthier^[g] than in his youth,
and he will return to the days of his youthful vigor.^(V)
26 He will pray to God, and God will delight in him.
That person will see his face^(W) with a shout of joy,
and God will restore his righteousness to him.^(X)
27 He will look at men and say,
“I have sinned and perverted what was right;
yet I did not get what I deserved.^[h]
28 He redeemed my soul from going down to the Pit,
and I will continue to see the light.”
²⁹ God certainly does all these things
two or three times to a person
³⁰ in order to turn him back from the Pit,
so he may shine with the light of life.^(Y)
31 Pay attention, Job, and listen to me.
Be quiet, and I will speak.
³² But if you have something to say,^[i] answer me;
speak, for I would like to justify you.
³³ If not, then listen to me;
be quiet, and I will teach you wisdom.