Job 33:1 (WEB)
"However, Job, Please hear my speech, And listen to all my words.

Job 33:2 (WEB)
See now, I have opened my mouth. My tongue has spoken in my mouth.

Job 33:3 (WEB)
My words shall utter the uprightness of my heart; That which my lips know they shall speak sincerely.

Job 33:4 (WEB)
The Spirit of God has made me, And the breath of the Almighty gives me life.

Job 33:5 (WEB)
If you can, answer me; Set your words in order before me, and stand forth.

Job 33:6 (WEB)
Behold, I am toward God even as you are: I am also formed out of the clay.

Job 33:7 (WEB)
Behold, my terror shall not make you afraid, Neither shall my pressure be heavy on you.

Job 33:8 (WEB)
"Surely you have spoken in my hearing, I have heard the voice of your words, saying,

Job 33:9 (WEB)
'I am clean, without disobedience. I am innocent, neither is there iniquity in me:

Job 33:10 (WEB)
Behold, he finds occasions against me, He counts me for his enemy:

Job 33:11 (WEB)
He puts my feet in the stocks, He marks all my paths.'

Job 33:12 (WEB)
"Behold, I will answer you. In this you are not just; For God is greater than man.

Job 33:13 (WEB)
Why do you strive against him, Because he doesn't give account of any of his matters?

Job 33:14 (WEB)
For God speaks once, Yes twice, though man pays no attention.

Job 33:15 (WEB)
In a dream, in a vision of the night, When deep sleep falls on men, In slumbering on the bed;

Job 33:16 (WEB)
Then he opens the ears of men, And seals their instruction,

Job 33:17 (WEB)
That he may withdraw man from his purpose, And hide pride from man.

Job 33:18 (WEB)
He keeps back his soul from the pit, And his life from perishing by the sword.

Job 33:19 (WEB)
He is chastened also with pain on his bed, With continual strife in his bones;

Job 33:20 (WEB)
So that his life abhors bread, And his soul dainty food.

Job 33:21 (WEB)
His flesh is so consumed away, that it can't be seen; His bones that were not seen stick out.

Job 33:22 (WEB)
Yes, his soul draws near to the pit, And his life to the destroyers.

Job 33:23 (WEB)
"If there is beside him an angel, An interpreter, one among a thousand, To show to man what is right for him;

Job 33:24 (WEB)
Then God is gracious to him, and says, 'Deliver him from going down to the pit, I have found a ransom.'

Job 33:25 (WEB)
His flesh shall be fresher than a child's; He returns to the days of his youth.

Job 33:26 (WEB)
He prays to God, and he is favorable to him, So that he sees his face with joy: He restores to man his righteousness.

Job 33:27 (WEB)
He sings before men, and says, 'I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, And it didn't profit me.

Job 33:28 (WEB)
He has redeemed my soul from going into the pit, My life shall see the light.'

Job 33:29 (WEB)
"Behold, God works all these things, Twice, yes three times, with a man,

Job 33:30 (WEB)
To bring back his soul from the pit, That he may be enlightened with the light of the living.

Job 33:31 (WEB)
Mark well, Job, and listen to me: Hold your peace, and I will speak.

Job 33:32 (WEB)
If you have anything to say, answer me: Speak, for I desire to justify you.

Job 33:33 (WEB)
If not, listen to me: Hold your peace, and I will teach you wisdom."
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