Job 33  Legacy Standard Bible

⁸ “Surely you have spoken in my hearing,
And I have heard the sound of your speech:
⁹ ‘I am ^(H)pure, ^(I)without transgression;
I am innocent, and there ^(J)is no guilt in me.
¹⁰ Behold, He finds reasons for opposition against me;
He ^(K)counts me as His enemy.
¹¹ He ^(L)puts my feet in the stocks;
He keeps watch over all my paths.’
¹² Behold, let me answer you; ^(M)you are not right in this,
For God is greater than mortal man.

¹³ “Why do you ^(N)contend against Him?
For He does not give an answer for all His doings.
¹⁴ Indeed ^(O)God speaks once,
Or twice, yet no one perceives it.
¹⁵ In a ^(P)dream, a vision of the night,
When deep sleep falls on men,
While they slumber in their beds,
¹⁶ Then ^(Q)He opens the ears of men,
And seals in their discipline,
¹⁷ That He may turn man aside from his conduct,
And ^[d]keep man from pride;
¹⁸ He ^(R)holds back his soul from the pit,
And his life from passing over ^[e]to death ^(S)by a weapon.

¹⁹ “^[f]Man is also reproved with ^(T)pain on his bed,
And with unceasing contention in his bones,
²⁰ So that his life ^(U)loathes bread,
And his soul favorite food.
²¹ His ^(V)flesh wastes away from sight,
And his ^(W)bones which were not seen stick out.
²² Then ^(X)his soul draws near to the pit,
And his life to those who bring death.

²³ “If there is an angel as ^(Y)mediator for him,
One out of a thousand,
To declare to a man what is ^[g]right for him,
²⁴ Then let him be gracious to him, and say,
‘Deliver him from ^(Z)going down to the pit;
I have found ^(AA)atonement’;
²⁵ Let his flesh become fresher than in youth,
Let him return to the days of his youthful vigor;
²⁶ Then he will ^(AB)entreat God, and He will accept him,
And ^(AC)he will see His face with joyful shouts,
And He may restore His righteousness to man.
²⁷ He will sing to men and say,
‘I ^(AD)have sinned and perverted what is right,
But He has not done ^(AE)what is due to me.
²⁸ He has redeemed my soul from passing into the pit,
And my life shall ^(AF)see the light.’

²⁹ “Behold, God does ^(AG)all these things twice, three times with men,
³⁰ To ^(AH)bring back his soul from the pit,
That he may be enlightened with the light of life.
³¹ Pay attention, O Job, listen to me;
Keep silent, and I will speak.
³² Then if ^[h]you have any speech, respond to me;
Speak, for I desire to prove you righteous.
³³ If not, ^(AI)listen to me;
Keep silent, and I will teach you wisdom.”