Job 33 :: New King James Version (NKJV)

Elihu Contradicts Job

Job 33:1

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

Job 33:2

Job 33:2Now, I open my mouth;
My tongue speaks in my mouth.

Job 33:3

Job 33:3My words come from my upright heart;
My lips utter pure knowledge.

Job 33:4

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

Job 33:5

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

Job 33:6

Job 33:6Truly I am as your spokesman[fn] before God;
I also have been formed out of clay.

Job 33:7

Job 33:7Surely no fear of me will terrify you,
Nor will my hand be heavy on you.

Job 33:8

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

Job 33:9

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

Job 33:10

Job 33:10Yet He finds occasions against me,
He counts me as His enemy;

Job 33:11

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

Job 33:12

Job 33:12“Look, in this you are not righteous.
I will answer you,
For God is greater than man.

Job 33:13

Job 33:13Why do you contend with Him?
For He does not give an accounting of any of His words.

Job 33:14

Job 33:14For God may speak in one way, or in another,
Yet man does not perceive it.

Job 33:15

Job 33:15In a dream, in a vision of the night,
When deep sleep falls upon men,
While slumbering on their beds,

Job 33:16

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

Job 33:17

Job 33:17In order to turn man from his deed,
And conceal 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 33:19“Man is also chastened with pain on his bed,
And with strong pain in many of his bones,

Job 33:20

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

Job 33:21

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

Job 33:22

Job 33:22Yes, his soul draws near the Pit,
And his life to the executioners.

Job 33:23

Job 33:23“If there is a messenger for him,
A mediator, one among a thousand,
To show man His uprightness,

Job 33:24

Job 33:24Then He 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 young like a child’s,
He shall return to the days of his youth.

Job 33:26

Job 33:26He shall pray to God, and He will delight in him,
He shall see His face with joy,
For He restores to man His righteousness.

Job 33:27

Job 33:27Then he looks at men and says,
‘I have sinned, and perverted what was right,
And it did not profit me.’

Job 33:28

Job 33:28He will redeem his[fn] soul from going down to the Pit,
And his[fn] life shall see the light.

Job 33:29

Job 33:29“Behold, God works all these things,
Twice, in fact, 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 life.

Job 33:31

Job 33:31“Give ear, Job, listen to me;
Hold your peace, 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 peace, and I will teach you wisdom.”

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NKJV Footnotes

(33:6)

Literally as your mouth

(33:28)

Or my (Kethib)

(33:28)

Or my (Kethib)

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