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Job 33
Legacy Standard Bible
Job 33
Legacy Standard Bible
Elihu Asks Job to Hear and Respond
33 “However now, Job, please (A)hear my speech,
And give ear to all my words.
2 Behold now, I open my mouth;
My tongue in my [a]mouth speaks.
3 My words are from the uprightness of my heart,
And my lips speak (B)knowledge sincerely.
4 The (C)Spirit of God has made me,
And the (D)breath of [b]the Almighty gives me life.
5 (E)Respond to me if you can;
Arrange yourselves before me, take your stand.
6 Behold, I belong to God like you;
I too have been [c]formed out of the (F)clay.
7 Behold, (G)no dread of me should terrify you,
Nor should my pressure weigh heavily on you.
8 “Surely you have spoken in my hearing,
And I have heard the sound of your speech:
9 ‘I am (H)pure, (I)without transgression;
I am innocent, and there (J)is no guilt in me.
10 Behold, He finds reasons for opposition against me;
He (K)counts me as His enemy.
11 He (L)puts my feet in the stocks;
He keeps watch over all my paths.’
12 Behold, let me answer you; (M)you are not right in this,
For God is greater than mortal man.
13 “Why do you (N)contend against Him?
For He does not give an answer for all His doings.
14 Indeed (O)God speaks once,
Or twice, yet no one perceives it.
15 In a (P)dream, a vision of the night,
When deep sleep falls on men,
While they slumber in their beds,
16 Then (Q)He opens the ears of men,
And seals in their discipline,
17 That He may turn man aside from his conduct,
And [d]keep man from pride;
18 He (R)holds back his soul from the pit,
And his life from passing over [e]to death (S)by a weapon.
19 “[f]Man is also reproved with (T)pain on his bed,
And with unceasing contention in his bones,
20 So that his life (U)loathes bread,
And his soul favorite food.
21 His (V)flesh wastes away from sight,
And his (W)bones which were not seen stick out.
22 Then (X)his soul draws near to the pit,
And his life to those who bring death.
23 “If there is an angel as (Y)mediator for him,
One out of a thousand,
To declare to a man what is [g]right for him,
24 Then let him be gracious to him, and say,
‘Deliver him from (Z)going down to the pit;
I have found (AA)atonement’;
25 Let his flesh become fresher than in youth,
Let him return to the days of his youthful vigor;
26 Then he will (AB)entreat God, and He will accept him,
And (AC)he will see His face with joyful shouts,
And He may restore His righteousness to man.
27 He will sing to men and say,
‘I (AD)have sinned and perverted what is right,
But He has not done (AE)what is due to me.
28 He has redeemed my soul from passing into the pit,
And my life shall (AF)see the light.’
29 “Behold, God does (AG)all these things twice, three times with men,
30 To (AH)bring back his soul from the pit,
That he may be enlightened with the light of life.
31 Pay attention, O Job, listen to me;
Keep silent, and I will speak.
32 Then if [h]you have any speech, respond to me;
Speak, for I desire to prove you righteous.
33 If not, (AI)listen to me;
Keep silent, and I will teach you wisdom.”
Job 33
La Bible du Semeur
Job 33
La Bible du Semeur
Dieu se sert de la souffrance pour parler aux hommes
33 Maintenant, Job, veuille écouter
mon propos, je te prie
et prête bien l’oreille ╵à toutes mes paroles ;
2 voici, j’ouvre la bouche,
et ma langue s’exprime.
3 Mes mots proviennent ╵d’un cœur plein de droiture,
ma bouche exposera la science ╵en toute vérité.
4 Oui, c’est l’Esprit de Dieu ╵qui m’a formé,
c’est le souffle du Tout-Puissant ╵qui me fait vivre.
5 Si tu peux, réponds-moi,
prépare ta défense ╵et prends position devant moi.
6 Car voici, devant Dieu ╵je suis semblable à toi,
j’ai été, comme toi, ╵façonné dans l’argile.
7 Ainsi tu ne trembleras pas ╵de frayeur devant moi
et je ne t’écraserai pas.
8 Tu as dit devant moi,
et j’ai bien entendu ╵le son de tes paroles :
9 « Je suis irréprochable ╵et je n’ai pas commis ╵de transgression ;
moi, je suis innocent, ╵je n’ai rien fait de mal[a].
10 Cependant, Dieu invente ╵contre moi des prétextes,
et il me considère ╵comme son ennemi[b] :
11 il a mis mes pieds dans des fers
et il surveille tous mes pas. »
12 En cela, tu n’as pas raison, ╵laisse-moi te le dire,
car Dieu est bien plus grand que l’homme.
13 Pourquoi lui fais-tu un procès ?
Il n’a de compte à rendre ╵pour aucun de ses actes[c].
14 Et pourtant, Dieu nous parle, ╵tantôt d’une manière
et puis tantôt d’une autre. ╵Mais l’on n’y prend pas garde.
15 Il parle par des songes ╵et des visions nocturnes,
quand un profond sommeil ╵accable les humains
endormis sur leur couche.
16 Alors il se révèle ╵à l’oreille des hommes,
scellant les instructions ╵dont il les avertit,
17 afin d’écarter l’homme ╵de ses agissements,
de le préserver de l’orgueil.
18 Ainsi, le garde-t-il ╵hors de la tombe,
il le préserve ╵des coups du javelot.
19 Ou encore, il corrige ╵l’homme par la souffrance ╵qui le tient sur sa couche,
lorsque ses os ╵s’agitent sans arrêt.
20 Le voilà dégoûté ╵de toute nourriture,
il n’a plus d’appétit ╵pour les mets les plus fins.
21 La chair sur son corps dépérit, ╵elle ne se laisse plus voir,
et ses os qu’on ne voyait pas ╵sont maintenant saillants.
22 De la fosse, il s’approche
et sa vie est livrée ╵aux anges de la mort.
23 Mais s’il se trouve auprès de lui ╵un ange interprète de Dieu[d],
un parmi les milliers,
pour lui faire savoir ╵quel est le droit chemin,
24 qui ait pitié de lui ╵et qui demande à Dieu :
« Délivre-le du gouffre, ╵qu’il n’y descende pas,
j’ai trouvé sa rançon »,
25 alors sa chair retrouve ╵sa fraîcheur juvénile,
et il revient aux jours ╵de sa jeunesse.
26 Il peut invoquer Dieu, ╵qui lui rend sa faveur,
il se présente à lui ╵avec des cris de joie.
Car Dieu le reconnaît ╵à nouveau comme juste.
27 Il se met à chanter ╵et, devant tout le monde,
il dit : « J’avais péché ╵et perverti le droit,
et je n’ai pas subi ╵ce que je méritais.
28 Car Dieu a délivré ╵mon être de la fosse
et il a maintenu ╵ma vie dans la lumière. »
29 Vois, Dieu fait tout cela
deux fois, trois fois pour l’homme,
30 pour le détourner de la tombe
et pour l’illuminer ╵de la lumière des vivants.
31 Sois donc attentif, Job, ╵écoute-moi !
Tais-toi, que je puisse parler.
32 Toutefois, si tu as ╵quelque chose à répondre, ╵dis-le, réplique-moi,
car je serais heureux ╵de reconnaître ╵ton innocence.
33 Si tu n’as rien à dire, ╵alors écoute-moi,
tais-toi, ╵et je t’apprendrai la sagesse.
Footnotes
- 33.9 Voir 10.7 ; 23.11-12 ; 27.6 ; 31.
- 33.10 Voir 9.17 ; 13.24 ; 19.11.
- 33.13 Autre traduction : pourquoi lui reproches-tu de ne pas répondre aux questions qu’on lui pose ?
- 33.23 Certains comprennent un messager et pensent à un humain (ce pourrait être Elihou lui-même). Il semble pourtant plus naturel d’y voir un ange chargé de faire comprendre à l’homme ce que Dieu veut lui dire par sa souffrance, comme le suggère la fin du verset. D’autres comprennent : un ange intercesseur.
Job 33
New International Version
Job 33
New International Version
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)
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