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Job 33
Job 33
English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)
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“Please listen, Job, to what I have to say.
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I have begun to speak; now let me continue.
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I will speak the truth with all sincerity.
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For the Spirit of God has made me, and the breath of the Almighty gives me life.
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Don't hesitate to answer me if you can.
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“Look, I am the one you were wishing for, someone to stand between you and God and to be both his representative and yours.
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You need not be frightened of me. I am not some person of renown to make you nervous and afraid. I, too, am made of common clay.
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“You have said it in my hearing, yes, you've said it again and again—
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'I am pure, I am innocent; I have not sinned.'
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You say God is using a fine-toothed comb to try to find a single fault, and so to count you as his enemy.
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'And he puts my feet in the stocks,' you say, 'and watches every move I make.'
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“All right, here is my reply: In this very thing, you have sinned by speaking of God that way. For God is greater than man.
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Why should you fight against him just because he does not give account to you of what he does?
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“For God speaks again and again,
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in dreams, in visions of the night when deep sleep falls on men as they lie on their beds.
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He opens their ears in times like that and gives them wisdom and instruction,
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causing them to change their minds, and keeping them from pride, and warning
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them of the penalties of sin, and keeping them from falling into some trap.
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“Or God sends sickness and pain, even though no bone is broken,
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so that a man loses all taste and appetite for food and doesn't care for even the daintiest dessert.
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He becomes thin, mere skin and bones,
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and draws near to death.
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“But if a messenger from heaven is there to intercede for him as a friend, to show him what is right,
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then God pities him and says, 'Set him free. Do not make him die, for I have found a substitute.'
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Then his body will become as healthy as a child's, firm and youthful again.
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And when he prays to God, God will hear and answer and receive him with joy, and return him to his duties.
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And he will declare to his friends, 'I sinned, but God let me go.
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He did not let me die. I will go on living in the realm of light.'
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“Yes, God often does these things for man—
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brings back his soul from the pit, so that he may live in the light of the living.
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Mark this well, O Job. Listen to me, and let me say more.
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But if you have anything to say at this point, go ahead. I want to hear it, for I am anxious to justify you.
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But if not, then listen to me. Keep silence and I will teach you wisdom!“
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