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Job 33:5-22
New American Standard Bible
Job 33:5-22
New American Standard Bible
5 (A)Refute me if you can;
Line up against me, take your stand.
6 Behold, I belong to God, like you;
I too have been [a]formed out of the (B)clay.
7 Behold, (C)no fear of me should terrify you,
Nor should my pressure weigh heavily on you.
8 “You have in fact spoken [b]while I listened,
And I heard the sound of your words:
9 ‘I am (D)pure, (E)without wrongdoing;
I am innocent and there (F)is no guilt in me.
10 Behold, He [c]invents [d]criticisms against me;
He (G)counts me as His enemy.
11 He (H)puts my feet in the stocks;
He watches all my paths.’
12 Behold, let me respond to you, (I)you are not right in this,
For God is greater than mankind.
13 “Why do you (J)complain to Him
That He does not give an account of all His doings?
14 Indeed (K)God speaks once,
Or twice, yet no one notices it.
15 In a (L)dream, a vision of the night,
When deep sleep falls on people,
While they slumber in their beds,
16 Then (M)He opens the ears of people,
And horrifies them with warnings,
17 So that He may turn a person away from bad conduct,
And [e]keep a man from pride;
18 He (N)keeps his soul back from the pit,
And his life from perishing by the (O)spear.
19 “A person is also rebuked by (P)pain in his bed,
And with constant complaint in his bones,
20 So that his life (Q)loathes bread,
And his soul, food [f]that he should crave.
21 His (R)flesh wastes away from sight,
And his (S)bones, which were not seen, stick out.
22 Then (T)his soul comes near to the pit,
And his life to those who bring death.
Job 33:5-22
New International Version
Job 33:5-22
New International Version
5 Answer me(A) then, if you can;
stand up(B) and argue your case before me.(C)
6 I am the same as you in God’s sight;(D)
I too am a piece of clay.(E)
7 No fear of me should alarm you,
nor should my hand be heavy on you.(F)
8 “But you have said in my hearing—
I heard the very words—
9 ‘I am pure,(G) I have done no wrong;(H)
I am clean and free from sin.(I)
10 Yet God has found fault with me;
he considers me his enemy.(J)
11 He fastens my feet in shackles;(K)
he keeps close watch on all my paths.’(L)
12 “But I tell you, in this you are not right,
for God is greater than any mortal.(M)
13 Why do you complain to him(N)
that he responds to no one’s words[a]?(O)
14 For God does speak(P)—now one way, now another(Q)—
though no one perceives it.(R)
15 In a dream,(S) in a vision(T) of the night,(U)
when deep sleep(V) falls on people
as they slumber in their beds,
16 he may speak(W) in their ears
and terrify them(X) with warnings,(Y)
17 to turn them from wrongdoing
and keep them from pride,(Z)
18 to preserve them from the pit,(AA)
their lives from perishing by the sword.[b](AB)
19 “Or someone may be chastened(AC) on a bed of pain(AD)
with constant distress in their bones,(AE)
20 so that their body finds food(AF) repulsive
and their soul loathes the choicest meal.(AG)
21 Their flesh wastes away to nothing,
and their bones,(AH) once hidden, now stick out.(AI)
22 They draw near to the pit,(AJ)
and their life to the messengers of death.[c](AK)
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