Job 33

Revised Geneva Translation

33 “Therefore, Job, please hear my talk and listen to all my words.

² “Behold, now, I have opened my mouth. My tongue has spoken in my mouth.

³ “My words are in the uprightness of my heart. And my lips shall speak pure knowledge.

⁴ “The Spirit of God has made me. And the breath of the Almighty has given me life.

⁵ “If you can give me an answer, prepare yourself. Stand before me.

⁶ “Behold, I am as your mouth before God. I am also formed from the clay.

⁷ “Behold, my terror shall not scare you, nor shall my hand be heavy upon you.

⁸ “Doubtless you have spoken in my ears, and I have heard the voice of your words.

⁹ “I am clean, without sin. I am innocent and there is no iniquity in me.

¹⁰ “Lo, He has found occasions against me, and counted me for His enemy.

¹¹ “He has put my feet in the stocks, and looks narrowly to all my paths.

¹² “Behold, in this you have not done right. I will answer you, for God is greater than man.

¹³ “Why do you strive against Him? For He does not give account of all His matters.

¹⁴ “For God speaks once or twice, and one does not see it.

¹⁵ “In dreams and visions of the night, when sleep falls upon men, and they sleep upon beds,

¹⁶ “then He opens the ears of men, even by their corrections which He had sealed,

¹⁷ “so that He might cause man to turn away from his enterprise, and that He might hide the pride of man,

¹⁸ “and keep back his soul from the pit, and that his life should not pass by the sword.

¹⁹ “He is also stricken with sorrow upon his bed, and the grief of his bones is great,

²⁰ “so that his life causes him to abhor bread, and his soul desirable food.

²¹ “His flesh fails, so that it cannot be seen. And his bones, which were not seen, clatter.

²² “So his soul draws to the grave, and his life to the executioner.

²³ “If there is a messenger with him, an interpreter, one of a thousand to declare to man his righteousness,

²⁴ “then He will have mercy upon him, and will say, ‘Deliver him, so that he does not go down into the pit. For I have received a reconciliation.’

²⁵ “Then shall his flesh be as fresh as a child’s, and shall return as in the days of his youth.

²⁶ “He shall pray to God, and he will be favorable to Him, and he shall see His Face with joy. For He will render to man His righteousness.

²⁷ “He looks upon men. And if one says, ‘I have sinned, and perverted righteousness, and it did not profit me,’

²⁸ “He will deliver his soul from going into the pit. And his life shall see the light.

²⁹ “Lo, all these things will God work twice or three times with a man,

³⁰ “so that He may turn back his soul from the pit, to be illuminated in the light of the living.

³¹ “Mark well, O Job. Hear me! Keep silent, and I will speak.

³² “If there is something, answer me, and speak. For I desire to justify you.

³³ “If you have nothing, hear me. Hold your tongue, and I will teach you wisdom.”