Parallel
Job 33
World English Bible British Edition · Berean Standard Bible
“However, Job, please hear my speech,
“But now, O Job, hear my speech, and listen to all my words.
See now, I have opened my mouth.
Behold, I will open my mouth; my address is on the tip of my tongue.
My words will utter the uprightness of my heart.
My words are from an upright heart, and my lips speak sincerely what I know.
The Spirit of God has made me,
The Spirit of God has made me, and the breath of the Almighty gives me life.
Behold, I am towards God even as you are.
I am just like you before God; I was also formed from clay.
Behold, my terror will not make you afraid,
Surely no fear of me should terrify you; nor will my hand be heavy upon you.
“Surely you have spoken in my hearing,
Surely you have spoken in my hearing, and I have heard these very words:
‘I am clean, without disobedience.
‘I am pure, without transgression; I am clean, with no iniquity in me.
Behold, he finds occasions against me.
Yet God finds occasions against me; He counts me as His enemy.
“Behold, I will answer you. In this you are not just,
Behold, you are not right in this matter. I will answer you, for God is greater than man.
Why do you strive against him,
Why do you complain to Him that He answers nothing a man asks (note: Or that He answers for none of His actions)?
In a dream, in a vision of the night,
In a dream, in a vision in the night, when deep sleep falls upon men as they slumber on their beds,
that he may withdraw man from his purpose,
to turn a man from wrongdoing and keep him from pride,
He keeps back his soul from the pit,
to preserve his soul from the Pit and his life from perishing by the sword.
“He is chastened also with pain on his bed,
A man is also chastened on his bed with pain and constant distress in his bones,
so that his life abhors bread,
so that he detests his bread, and his soul loathes his favorite food.
His flesh is so consumed away that it can’t be seen.
His flesh wastes away from sight, and his hidden bones protrude.
Yes, his soul draws near to the pit,
He draws near to the Pit, and his life to the messengers of death.
“If there is beside him an angel,
Yet if there is a messenger on his side, one mediator in a thousand, to tell a man what is right for him,
then God is gracious to him, and says,
to be gracious to him and say, ‘Spare him from going down to the Pit; I have found his ransom,’
His flesh will be fresher than a child’s.
then his flesh is refreshed like a child’s; he returns to the days of his youth.
He prays to God, and he is favourable to him,
He prays to God and finds favor; he sees God’s face and shouts for joy, and God restores His righteousness to that man.
He sings before men, and says,
Then he sings before (note: Or Then he looks upon) men with these words: ‘I have sinned and perverted what was right; yet I did not get what I deserved.
He has redeemed my soul from going into the pit.
He redeemed my soul from going down to the Pit, and I will live to see the light.’
“Behold, God does all these things,
Behold, all these things God does to a man, two or even three times,
to bring back his soul from the pit,
to bring back his soul from the Pit, that he may be enlightened with the light of life.
Mark well, Job, and listen to me.
Pay attention, Job, and listen to me; be silent, and I will speak.
If you have anything to say, answer me.
But if you have something to say, answer me; speak up, for I would like to vindicate you.