¹³ Why do you complain to him^(A)
    that he responds to no one’s words^[a]?^(B)
14 For God does speak^(C)—now one way, now another^(D)—
    though no one perceives it.^(E)
15 In a dream,^(F) in a vision^(G) of the night,^(H)
    when deep sleep^(I) falls on people
    as they slumber in their beds,
¹⁶ he may speak^(J) in their ears
    and terrify them^(K) with warnings,^(L)
17 to turn them from wrongdoing
    and keep them from pride,^(M)
18 to preserve them from the pit,^(N)
    their lives from perishing by the sword.^[b](O)

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

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

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