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Job 33
Job 33
English God's Word - GW 1995
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"Please, Job, listen to my words and consider everything I say.
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I've opened my mouth. The words are on the tip of my tongue.
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My words are straight from the heart, and I sincerely speak the knowledge that is on my lips.
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"God's Spirit has made me. The breath of the Almighty gives me life.
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Answer me if you can. Present your case to me, and take your stand.
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Indeed, I stand in front of God as you do. I, too, was formed from a piece of clay.
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You certainly don't need to be terrified of me. I won't put too much pressure on you.
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"But you spoke directly to me, and I listened to your words.
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{You said,} 'I'm pure—without any rebellious acts {against God}. I'm clean; I have no sin.
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God is only looking for an excuse to attack me. He considers me his enemy.
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He puts my feet in the stocks and watches all my paths.'
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You aren't right about this! I've got an answer for you: God is greater than any mortal.
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Why do you quarrel with him since he doesn't answer any questions?
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"God speaks in one way, even in two ways without people noticing it:
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In a dream, a prophetic vision at night, when people fall into a deep sleep, when they sleep on their beds,
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he opens people's ears and terrifies them with warnings.
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{He warns them} to turn away from doing {wrong} and to stop being arrogant.
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He keeps their souls from the pit and their lives from crossing the River {of Death}.
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In pain on their sickbeds, they are disciplined with endless aching in their bones
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so that their whole being hates food and they lose their appetite for a delicious meal.
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Their flesh becomes so thin that it can't be seen. Their bones, not seen before, will be exposed.
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Their souls approach the pit. Their lives come close to those already dead.
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"If they have a messenger for them, a spokesman, one in a thousand, to tell people what is right for them,
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then he will have pity on them and say, 'Free them from going into the pit. I have found a ransom.'
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Then their flesh will become softer than a child's. They will go back to the days of their youth.
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They will pray to God, who will be pleased with them. They will see God's face and shout for joy as he restores their righteousness.
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Each one sings in front of other people and says, 'I sinned and did wrong instead of what was right, and it did me no good.
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The messenger has freed my soul from going into the pit, and my life will see the light.'
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Truly, God does all this two or three times with people
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to turn their souls away from the pit and to enlighten them with the light of life.
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"Pay attention, Job! Listen to me! Keep quiet, and let me speak.
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If you have a response, answer me. Speak, because I'd be happy if you were right.
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If not, you listen to me. Keep quiet, and I'll teach you wisdom."
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