Job 33 :: Hebrew Names Version (HNV)

Elihu Claims to Speak for God

Job 33:1

Job 33:1"However, Iyov, Please hear my speech, And listen to all my words.

Job 33:2

Job 33:2See now, I have opened my mouth. My tongue has spoken in my mouth.

Job 33:3

Job 33:3My words shall utter the uprightness of my heart; That which my lips know they shall speak sincerely.

Job 33:4

Job 33:4The Spirit of God has made me, And the breath of Shaddai gives me life.

Job 33:5

Job 33:5If you can, answer me; Set your words in order before me, and stand forth.

Job 33:6

Job 33:6Behold, I am toward God even as you are: I am also formed out of the clay.

Job 33:7

Job 33:7Behold, my terror shall not make you afraid, Neither shall my pressure be heavy on you.

Job 33:8

Job 33:8"Surely you have spoken in my hearing, I have heard the voice of your words, saying,

Job 33:9

Job 33:9'I am clean, without disobedience. I am innocent, neither is there iniquity in me:

Job 33:10

Job 33:10Behold, he finds occasions against me, He counts me for his enemy:

Job 33:11

Job 33:11He puts my feet in the stocks, He marks all my paths.'

Job 33:12

Job 33:12"Behold, I will answer you. In this you are not just; For God is greater than man.

Job 33:13

Job 33:13Why do you strive against him, Because he doesn't give account of any of his matters?

Job 33:14

Job 33:14For God speaks once, Yes twice, though man pays no attention.

Job 33:15

Job 33:15In a dream, in a vision of the night, When deep sleep falls on men, In slumbering on the bed;

Job 33:16

Job 33:16Then he opens the ears of men, And seals their instruction,

Job 33:17

Job 33:17That he may withdraw man from his purpose, And hide pride from man.

Job 33:18

Job 33:18He keeps back his soul from the pit, And his life from perishing by the sword.

Job 33:19

Job 33:19He is chastened also with pain on his bed, With continual strife in his bones;

Job 33:20

Job 33:20So that his life abhors bread, And his soul dainty food.

Job 33:21

Job 33:21His flesh is so consumed away, that it can't be seen; His bones that were not seen stick out.

Job 33:22

Job 33:22Yes, his soul draws near to the pit, And his life to the destroyers.

Job 33:23

Job 33:23"If there is beside him an angel, An interpreter, one among a thousand, To show to man what is right for him;

Job 33:24

Job 33:24Then God is gracious to him, and says, 'Deliver him from going down to the pit, I have found a ransom.'

Job 33:25

Job 33:25His flesh shall be fresher than a child's; He returns to the days of his youth.

Job 33:26

Job 33:26He prays to God, and he is favorable to him, So that he sees his face with joy: He restores to man his righteousness.

Job 33:27

Job 33:27He sings before men, and says, 'I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, And it didn't profit me.

Job 33:28

Job 33:28He has redeemed my soul from going into the pit, My life shall see the light.'

Job 33:29

Job 33:29"Behold, God works all these things, Twice, yes three times, with a man,

Job 33:30

Job 33:30To bring back his soul from the pit, That he may be enlightened with the light of the living.

Job 33:31

Job 33:31Mark well, Iyov, and listen to me: Hold your shalom, and I will speak.

Job 33:32

Job 33:32If you have anything to say, answer me: Speak, for I desire to justify you.

Job 33:33

Job 33:33If not, listen to me: Hold your shalom, and I will teach you wisdom."

The Hebrew Names Version is based off the World English Bible, an update of the American Standard Version of 1901. This version of the Bible is in the public domain.

Job 33 :: Hebrew Names Version (HNV)

Elihu Claims to Speak for God

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