Job 33 - New International Version (NIV)

33 “But now, Job, listen(A) to my words;
pay attention to everything I say.(B)
2 I am about to open my mouth;
my words are on the tip of my tongue.
3 My words come from an upright heart;(C)
my lips sincerely speak what I know.(D)
4 The Spirit(E) of God has made me;(F)
the breath of the Almighty(G) gives me life.(H)
5 Answer me(I) then, if you can;
stand up(J) and argue your case before me.(K)
6 I am the same as you in God’s sight;(L)
I too am a piece of clay.(M)
7 No fear of me should alarm you,
nor should my hand be heavy on you.(N)

8 “But you have said in my hearing—
I heard the very words—
9 ‘I am pure,(O) I have done no wrong;(P)
I am clean and free from sin.(Q)
10 Yet God has found fault with me;
he considers me his enemy.(R)
11 He fastens my feet in shackles;(S)
he keeps close watch on all my paths.’(T)

12 “But I tell you, in this you are not right,
for God is greater than any mortal.(U)
13 Why do you complain to him(V)
that he responds to no one’s words[a]?(W)
14 For God does speak(X)—now one way, now another(Y)—
though no one perceives it.(Z)
15 In a dream,(AA) in a vision(AB) of the night,(AC)
when deep sleep(AD) falls on people
as they slumber in their beds,
16 he may speak(AE) in their ears
and terrify them(AF) with warnings,(AG)
17 to turn them from wrongdoing
and keep them from pride,(AH)
18 to preserve them from the pit,(AI)
their lives from perishing by the sword.[b](AJ)

19 “Or someone may be chastened(AK) on a bed of pain(AL)
with constant distress in their bones,(AM)
20 so that their body finds food(AN) repulsive
and their soul loathes the choicest meal.(AO)
21 Their flesh wastes away to nothing,
and their bones,(AP) once hidden, now stick out.(AQ)
22 They draw near to the pit,(AR)
and their life to the messengers of death.[c](AS)
23 Yet if there is an angel at their side,
a messenger,(AT) one out of a thousand,
sent to tell them how to be upright,(AU)
24 and he is gracious to that person and says to God,
‘Spare them from going down to the pit;(AV)
I have found a ransom for them(AW)—
25 let their flesh be renewed(AX) like a child’s;
let them be restored as in the days of their youth’(AY)—
26 then that person can pray to God and find favor with him,(AZ)
they will see God’s face and shout for joy;(BA)
he will restore them to full well-being.(BB)
27 And they will go to others and say,
‘I have sinned,(BC) I have perverted what is right,(BD)
but I did not get what I deserved.(BE)
28 God has delivered(BF) me from going down to the pit,(BG)
and I shall live to enjoy the light of life.’(BH)

29 “God does all these things to a person(BI)—
twice, even three times(BJ)—
30 to turn them back(BK) from the pit,(BL)
that the light of life(BM) may shine on them.(BN)

31 “Pay attention, Job, and listen(BO) to me;(BP)
be silent,(BQ) and I will speak.
32 If you have anything to say, answer me;(BR)
speak up, for I want to vindicate you.(BS)
33 But if not, then listen to me;(BT)
be silent,(BU) and I will teach you wisdom.(BV)”

Footnotes

  1. Job 33:13 Or that he does not answer for any of his actions
  2. Job 33:18 Or from crossing the river
  3. Job 33:22 Or to the place of the dead

Cross references

  1. Job 33:1 : Job 32:10
  2. Job 33:1 : S Job 6:28; S 13:6
  3. Job 33:3 : 1Ki 3:6; Ps 7:10; 11:2; 64:10
  4. Job 33:3 : S Job 6:28
  5. Job 33:4 : S Ge 1:2
  6. Job 33:4 : Job 10:3
  7. Job 33:4 : S Job 27:3
  8. Job 33:4 : S Nu 16:22; S Job 12:10
  9. Job 33:5 : ver 32
  10. Job 33:5 : Job 13:18
  11. Job 33:5 : S Job 31:14
  12. Job 33:6 : Ac 14:15; Jas 5:17
  13. Job 33:6 : S Job 4:19
  14. Job 33:7 : S Job 9:34; 2Co 2:4
  15. Job 33:9 : S Job 10:7
  16. Job 33:9 : S Job 9:30; S 13:23
  17. Job 33:9 : S Job 2:9
  18. Job 33:10 : S Job 13:24
  19. Job 33:11 : S Job 13:27
  20. Job 33:11 : Job 14:16; Pr 3:6; Isa 30:21
  21. Job 33:12 : S Job 5:9; Ps 8:4; 50:21; Ecc 7:20; Isa 55:8-9
  22. Job 33:13 : Job 40:2; Isa 45:9
  23. Job 33:13 : S Job 11:8
  24. Job 33:14 : Ps 62:11
  25. Job 33:14 : ver 29
  26. Job 33:14 : Job 4:12
  27. Job 33:15 : S Ge 20:3; Job 4:13; S Mt 27:19
  28. Job 33:15 : Ac 16:9
  29. Job 33:15 : S Ge 15:1; Da 2:19
  30. Job 33:15 : S Ge 2:21
  31. Job 33:16 : Job 36:10, 15
  32. Job 33:16 : S Job 6:4
  33. Job 33:16 : Ps 88:15-16
  34. Job 33:17 : S Job 20:6
  35. Job 33:18 : ver 22, 24, 28, 30; Ps 28:1; 30:9; 69:15; 88:6; 103:4; Pr 1:12; Isa 14:15; 38:17; Jnh 2:6; Zec 9:11
  36. Job 33:18 : S Job 15:22; Mt 26:52
  37. Job 33:19 : S Job 5:17
  38. Job 33:19 : S Ge 17:1; S Dt 8:5; 2Co 12:7-10; Jas 1:3
  39. Job 33:19 : S Job 16:16; Ps 6:2; 38:3; Isa 38:13
  40. Job 33:20 : Ps 102:4; 107:18
  41. Job 33:20 : S Job 3:24; S 6:6
  42. Job 33:21 : S Job 2:5
  43. Job 33:21 : S Job 16:8
  44. Job 33:22 : S ver 18
  45. Job 33:22 : Job 38:17; Ps 9:13; 88:3; 107:18; 116:3
  46. Job 33:23 : Gal 3:19; Heb 8:6; 9:15
  47. Job 33:23 : Job 36:9-10; Mic 6:8
  48. Job 33:24 : S ver 18
  49. Job 33:24 : S Job 6:22
  50. Job 33:25 : Ps 103:5
  51. Job 33:25 : 2Ki 5:14
  52. Job 33:26 : S Job 5:15; Pr 8:35; 12:2; 18:22; Lk 2:52
  53. Job 33:26 : S Ezr 3:13; S Job 22:26
  54. Job 33:26 : Ps 13:5; 50:15; 51:12; 1Jn 1:9
  55. Job 33:27 : S Nu 22:34
  56. Job 33:27 : Lk 15:21
  57. Job 33:27 : S Ezr 9:13; Ps 22:27; 51:13; Ro 6:21; Jas 2:13
  58. Job 33:28 : S Ex 15:13; Ps 34:22; 107:20
  59. Job 33:28 : S ver 18; S Job 17:16
  60. Job 33:28 : S Job 22:28
  61. Job 33:29 : Ps 139:16; Pr 16:9; 20:24; Jer 10:23; 1Co 12:6; Eph 1:11; Php 2:13
  62. Job 33:29 : ver 14
  63. Job 33:30 : Jas 5:19
  64. Job 33:30 : S ver 18
  65. Job 33:30 : Ps 49:19; 56:13; 116:9; Isa 53:11
  66. Job 33:30 : Isa 60:1; Eph 5:14
  67. Job 33:31 : Jer 23:18
  68. Job 33:31 : S Job 32:10
  69. Job 33:31 : ver 33
  70. Job 33:32 : ver 5
  71. Job 33:32 : S Job 6:29; 35:2
  72. Job 33:33 : S Job 32:10
  73. Job 33:33 : ver 31
  74. Job 33:33 : S Job 6:24; Pr 10:8, 10, 19

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