Job 33 :: New American Standard Bible 1995 (NASB95)

Elihu Claims to Speak for God

Job 33:1

Job 33:1“However now, Job, please hear my speech,
And listen to all my words.

Job 33:2

Job 33:2“Behold now, I open my mouth,
My tongue in my [fn]mouth speaks.

Job 33:3

Job 33:3“My words are from the uprightness of my heart,
And my lips speak knowledge sincerely.

Job 33:4

Job 33:4“The Spirit of God has made me,
And the breath of [fn]the Almighty gives me life.

Job 33:5

Job 33:5“Refute me if you can;
Array yourselves before me, take your stand.

Job 33:6

Job 33:6“Behold, I belong to God like you;
I too have been [fn]formed out of the clay.

Job 33:7

Job 33:7“Behold, no fear of me should terrify you,
Nor should my pressure weigh heavily on you.

Job 33:8

Job 33:8“Surely you have spoken in my hearing,
And I have heard the sound of your words:

Job 33:9

Job 33:9‘I am pure, without transgression;
I am innocent and there is no guilt in me.

Job 33:10

Job 33:10‘Behold, He [fn]invents pretexts against me;
He counts me as His enemy.

Job 33:11

Job 33:11‘He puts my feet in the stocks;
He watches all my paths.’

Job 33:12

Job 33:12“Behold, let me [fn]tell you, you are not right in this,
For God is greater than man.

Job 33:13

Job 33:13“Why do you complain against Him
That He does not give an account of all His doings?

Job 33:14

Job 33:14“Indeed God speaks once,
Or twice, yet no one notices it.

Job 33:15

Job 33:15“In a dream, a vision of the night,
When sound sleep falls on men,
While they slumber in their beds,

Job 33:16

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

Job 33:17

Job 33:17That He may turn man aside from his conduct,
And [fn]keep man from pride;

Job 33:18

Job 33:18He keeps back his soul from the pit,
And his life from [fn]passing over into Sheol.

Job 33:19

Job 33:19“[fn]Man is also chastened with pain on his bed,
And with unceasing complaint in his bones;

Job 33:20

Job 33:20So that his life loathes bread,
And his soul favorite food.

Job 33:21

Job 33:21“His flesh wastes away from sight,
And his bones which were not seen stick out.

Job 33:22

Job 33:22“Then his soul draws near to the pit,
And his life to those who bring death.

Job 33:23

Job 33:23“If there is an angel as mediator for him,
One out of a thousand,
To remind a man what is [fn]right for him,

Job 33:24

Job 33:24Then let him be gracious to him, and say,
‘Deliver him from going down to the pit,
I have found a ransom’;

Job 33:25

Job 33:25Let his flesh become fresher than in youth,
Let him return to the days of his youthful vigor;

Job 33:26

Job 33:26Then he will pray to God, and He will accept him,
That he may see His face with joy,
And He may restore His righteousness to man.

Job 33:27

Job 33:27“He will sing to men and say,
‘I have sinned and perverted what is right,
And it is not proper for me.

Job 33:28

Job 33:28‘He has redeemed my soul from going to the pit,
And my life shall see the light.’

Job 33:29

Job 33:29“Behold, God does all these [fn]oftentimes with men,

Job 33:30

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

Job 33:31

Job 33:31“Pay attention, O Job, listen to me;
Keep silent, and let me speak.

Job 33:32

Job 33:32“Then if [fn]you have anything to say, answer me;
Speak, for I desire to justify you.

Job 33:33

Job 33:33“If not, listen to me;
Keep silent, and I will teach you wisdom.”

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NASB95 Footnotes

(33:2)

Literally: palate

(33:4)

Hebrew: Shaddai

(33:6)

Literally: cut out of

Literally: finds

Literally: answer

Literally: hide

M.T. perishing by the sword

(33:19)

Literally: He

(33:23)

Literally: his uprightness

(33:29)

Literally: twice, three times

(33:32)

Literally: there are words

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