Thematic Bible
Job 33:1 (show verse)
Listen to my words Job. Pay attention to everything I say.
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Job 33:2 (show verse)
I am about to open my mouth. My words are on the tip of my tongue.
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Job 33:3 (show verse)
My words come from an upright heart! My lips sincerely speak what I know.
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Job 33:4 (show verse)
The Spirit of God has made me. The Breath of the Almighty gives me life.
Job 33:5 (show verse)
Answer me then, if you can, and prepare yourself to confront me.
Job 33:6 (show verse)
I am just like you before God. I too have been taken from clay!
Job 33:7 (show verse)
No fear of me should alarm you, nor should my hand be heavy upon you.
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Job 33:8 (show verse)
You have said in my hearing, I heard the very words:
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Job 33:9 (show verse)
I am pure and without sin! I am clean and free from guilt.
Job 33:10 (show verse)
Yet God has found fault with me. He considers me his enemy!
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Job 33:11 (show verse)
He fastens my feet in shackles and he keeps close watch on all my paths.
Job 33:12 (show verse)
But I tell you, Job, in this you are not right, for God is greater than man.
Job 33:13 (show verse)
Why do you complain to him that he answers none of man's words?
Job 33:14 (show verse)
God does speak, now one-way and then another, though man may not perceive it.
Job 33:15 (show verse)
In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falls on men as they slumber in their beds,
Job 33:16 (show verse)
he may speak in their ears and terrify them with warnings,
Job 33:17 (show verse)
that turn man from wrongdoing and keep him from pride.
Job 33:18 (show verse)
It is to preserve him from the pit and keep his life from perishing by the sword.
Job 33:19 (show verse)
On the other hand a man may be chastened on a bed of pain with constant distress in his bones.
Job 33:20 (show verse)
His very being finds food repulsive and he loathes the choicest meal.
Job 33:21 (show verse)
His flesh wastes away to nothing, and his bones, once hidden, now stick out.
Job 33:22 (show verse)
He draws near to the pit and to the messengers of death.
Job 33:23 (show verse)
Yet if there is an angel on his side as a mediator, one out of a thousand, to tell a man what is right for him,
Job 33:24 (show verse)
to be gracious to him and say: 'Spare him from going down to the pit. I have found a ransom for him!'
Job 33:25 (show verse)
His flesh is renewed like a child's. It is restored as in the days of his youth.
Job 33:26 (show verse)
He prays to God and finds favor with him. He sees God's face and shouts for joy! God restores him to his righteous state.
Job 33:27 (show verse)
He comes to men and says: 'I sinned, and perverted what was right, but I did not get what I deserved.'
Job 33:28 (show verse)
He redeemed me from going down to the pit, and I will live to enjoy the light.
Job 33:29 (show verse)
God does all these things to a man twice, even three times.
Job 33:30 (show verse)
He turns him back from the pit that the light of life may shine on him.
Job 33:31 (show verse)
Pay attention, Job, and listen to me! Be silent, and I will speak.
Job 33:32 (show verse)
If you have anything to say answer me. Speak up, for I want you to be cleared.
Job 33:33 (show verse)
But if not, then listen to me. Be silent, and I will teach you wisdom.
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