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But O that God would speak
    and open his lips to you

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Oh, how I wish that God would speak,(A)
    that he would open his lips against you

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The Lord Answers Job

38 Then the Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind:(A)

“Who is this that darkens counsel by words without knowledge?(B)

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The Lord Speaks

38 Then the Lord spoke to Job(A) out of the storm.(B) He said:

“Who is this that obscures my plans(C)
    with words without knowledge?(D)

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Job’s Friends Are Humiliated

After the Lord had spoken these words to Job, the Lord said to Eliphaz the Temanite: “My wrath is kindled against you and against your two friends, for you have not spoken of me what is right, as my servant Job has.(A)

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Epilogue

After the Lord had said these things to Job(A), he said to Eliphaz the Temanite, “I am angry with you and your two friends,(B) because you have not spoken the truth about me, as my servant Job has.(C)

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Will you even put me in the wrong?
    Will you condemn me that you may be justified?(A)

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“Would you discredit my justice?(A)
    Would you condemn me to justify yourself?(B)

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40 And the Lord said to Job:

“Shall a faultfinder contend with the Almighty?[a]
    Anyone who argues with God must respond.”(A)

Job’s Response to God

Then Job answered the Lord:

“See, I am of small account; what shall I answer you?
    I lay my hand on my mouth.(B)
I have spoken once, and I will not answer,
    twice but will proceed no further.”(C)

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Footnotes

  1. 40.2 Traditional rendering of Heb Shaddai

40 The Lord said to Job:(A)

“Will the one who contends with the Almighty(B) correct him?(C)
    Let him who accuses God answer him!”(D)

Then Job answered the Lord:

“I am unworthy(E)—how can I reply to you?
    I put my hand over my mouth.(F)
I spoke once, but I have no answer(G)
    twice, but I will say no more.”(H)

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See, before God I am as you are;
    I, too, was formed from a piece of clay.
No fear of me need terrify you;
    my pressure will not be heavy on you.(A)

“Surely, you have spoken in my hearing,
    and I have heard the sound of your words.
You say, ‘I am clean, without transgression;
    I am pure, and there is no iniquity in me.(B)
10 Look, he finds occasions against me;
    he counts me as his enemy;(C)
11 he puts my feet in the stocks
    and watches all my paths.’(D)

12 “But in this you are not right. I will answer you:
    God is greater than any mortal.
13 Why do you contend against him,
    saying, ‘He will answer none of my[a] words’?(E)
14 For God speaks in one way
    and in two, though people do not perceive it.(F)
15 In a dream, in a vision of the night,
    when deep sleep falls on mortals,
    while they slumber on their beds,(G)
16 then he opens their ears
    and terrifies them with warnings,(H)
17 that he may turn them aside from their deeds
    and keep them from pride,
18 to spare their souls from the Pit,
    their lives from traversing the River.

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Footnotes

  1. 33.13 Compare Gk: Heb his

I am the same as you in God’s sight;(A)
    I too am a piece of clay.(B)
No fear of me should alarm you,
    nor should my hand be heavy on you.(C)

“But you have said in my hearing—
    I heard the very words—
‘I am pure,(D) I have done no wrong;(E)
    I am clean and free from sin.(F)
10 Yet God has found fault with me;
    he considers me his enemy.(G)
11 He fastens my feet in shackles;(H)
    he keeps close watch on all my paths.’(I)

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

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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

35 O that I had one to hear me!
    (Here is my signature! Let the Almighty[a] answer me!)
    O that I had the indictment written by my adversary!(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 31.35 Traditional rendering of Heb Shaddai

35 (“Oh, that I had someone to hear me!(A)
    I sign now my defense—let the Almighty answer me;
    let my accuser(B) put his indictment in writing.

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Oh, that I knew where I might find him,
    that I might come even to his dwelling!(A)
I would lay my case before him
    and fill my mouth with arguments.(B)
I would learn what he would answer me
    and understand what he would say to me.
Would he contend with me in the greatness of his power?
    No, but he would give heed to me.
There the upright could reason with him,
    and I should be acquitted forever by my judge.(C)

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If only I knew where to find him;
    if only I could go to his dwelling!(A)
I would state my case(B) before him
    and fill my mouth with arguments.(C)
I would find out what he would answer me,(D)
    and consider what he would say to me.
Would he vigorously oppose me?(E)
    No, he would not press charges against me.(F)
There the upright(G) can establish their innocence before him,(H)
    and there I would be delivered forever from my judge.(I)

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