14 For God does speak(A)—now one way, now another(B)
    though no one perceives it.(C)
15 In a dream,(D) in a vision(E) of the night,(F)
    when deep sleep(G) falls on people
    as they slumber in their beds,
16 he may speak(H) in their ears
    and terrify them(I) with warnings,(J)
17 to turn them from wrongdoing
    and keep them from pride,(K)
18 to preserve them from the pit,(L)
    their lives from perishing by the sword.[a](M)

19 “Or someone may be chastened(N) on a bed of pain(O)
    with constant distress in their bones,(P)
20 so that their body finds food(Q) repulsive
    and their soul loathes the choicest meal.(R)
21 Their flesh wastes away to nothing,
    and their bones,(S) once hidden, now stick out.(T)
22 They draw near to the pit,(U)
    and their life to the messengers of death.[b](V)
23 Yet if there is an angel at their side,
    a messenger,(W) one out of a thousand,
    sent to tell them how to be upright,(X)
24 and he is gracious to that person and says to God,
    ‘Spare them from going down to the pit;(Y)
    I have found a ransom for them(Z)
25 let their flesh be renewed(AA) like a child’s;
    let them be restored as in the days of their youth’(AB)
26 then that person can pray to God and find favor with him,(AC)
    they will see God’s face and shout for joy;(AD)
    he will restore them to full well-being.(AE)
27 And they will go to others and say,
    ‘I have sinned,(AF) I have perverted what is right,(AG)
    but I did not get what I deserved.(AH)
28 God has delivered(AI) me from going down to the pit,(AJ)
    and I shall live to enjoy the light of life.’(AK)

29 “God does all these things to a person(AL)
    twice, even three times(AM)
30 to turn them back(AN) from the pit,(AO)
    that the light of life(AP) may shine on them.(AQ)

31 “Pay attention, Job, and listen(AR) to me;(AS)
    be silent,(AT) and I will speak.
32 If you have anything to say, answer me;(AU)
    speak up, for I want to vindicate you.(AV)
33 But if not, then listen to me;(AW)
    be silent,(AX) and I will teach you wisdom.(AY)

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Footnotes

  1. Job 33:18 Or from crossing the river
  2. Job 33:22 Or to the place of the dead

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