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Job 33 :: New King James Version (NKJV)

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CHAPTER 33
Elihu Contradicts Job
Elihu Contradicts Job
1 “But please, Job, hear my speech,
​​And listen to all my words.
2 ​​Now, I open my mouth;
​​My tongue speaks in my mouth.
3 ​​My words come from my upright heart;
​​My lips utter pure knowledge.
4 ​​The Spirit of God has made me,
​​And the breath of the Almighty gives me life.
5 ​​If you can answer me,
​​Set your words in order before me;
​​Take your stand.
6 ​​Truly I am as your spokesman[fn] before God;
​​I also have been formed out of clay.
7 ​​Surely no fear of me will terrify you,
​​Nor will my hand be heavy on you.
​
8 ​​“Surely you have spoken in my hearing,
​​And I have heard the sound of your words, saying,
9 ​‘​I am pure, without transgression;
​​I am innocent, and there is no iniquity in me.
10 ​​Yet He finds occasions against me,
​​He counts me as His enemy;
11 ​​He puts my feet in the stocks,
​​He watches all my paths.’
​
12 ​​“Look, in this you are not righteous.
​​I will answer you,
​​For God is greater than man.
13 ​​Why do you contend with Him?
​​For He does not give an accounting of any of His words.
14 ​​For God may speak in one way, or in another,
​​Yet man does not perceive it.
15 ​​In a dream, in a vision of the night,
​​When deep sleep falls upon men,
​​While slumbering on their beds,
16 ​​Then He opens the ears of men,
​​And seals their instruction.
17 ​​In order to turn man from his deed,
​​And conceal pride from man,
18 ​​He keeps back his soul from the Pit,
​​And his life from perishing by the sword.
​
19 ​​“Man is also chastened with pain on his bed,
​​And with strong pain in many of his bones,
20 ​​So that his life abhors bread,
​​And his soul succulent food.
21 ​​His flesh wastes away from sight,
​​And his bones stick out which once were not seen.
22 ​​Yes, his soul draws near the Pit,
​​And his life to the executioners.
​
23 ​​“If there is a messenger for him,
​​A mediator, one among a thousand,
​​To show man His uprightness,
24 ​​Then He is gracious to him, and says,
​‘​Deliver him from going down to the Pit;
​​I have found a ransom’;
25 ​​His flesh shall be young like a child’s,
​​He shall return to the days of his youth.
26 ​​He shall pray to God, and He will delight in him,
​​He shall see His face with joy,
​​For He restores to man His righteousness.
27 ​​Then he looks at men and says,
​‘​I have sinned, and perverted what was right,
​​And it did not profit me.’
28 ​​He will redeem his[fn] soul from going down to the Pit,
​​And his[fn] life shall see the light.
​
29 ​​“Behold, God works all these things,
​​Twice, in fact, three times with a man,
30 ​​To bring back his soul from the Pit,
​​That he may be enlightened with the light of life.
​
31 ​​“Give ear, Job, listen to me;
​​Hold your peace, and I will speak.
32 ​​If you have anything to say, answer me;
​​Speak, for I desire to justify you.
33 ​​If not, listen to me;
​​Hold your peace, and I will teach you wisdom.”
See the NKJV Preface (Especially for Parenthesis, Brackets, & Asterisks).
NKJV Footnotes
Literally as your mouth
Or my (Kethib)
Or my (Kethib)
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