Job 33 :: New Living Translation (NLT)

Elihu Presents His Case against Job

Job 33:1

Job 33:1“Listen to my words, Job;
pay attention to what I have to say.

Job 33:2

Job 33:2Now that I have begun to speak,
let me continue.

Job 33:3

Job 33:3I speak with all sincerity;
I speak the truth.

Job 33:4

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

Job 33:5

Job 33:5Answer me, if you can;
make your case and take your stand.

Job 33:6

Job 33:6Look, you and I both belong to God.
I, too, was formed from clay.

Job 33:7

Job 33:7So you don’t need to be afraid of me.
I won’t come down hard on you.

Job 33:8

Job 33:8“You have spoken in my hearing,
and I have heard your very words.

Job 33:9

Job 33:9You said, ‘I am pure; I am without sin;
I am innocent; I have no guilt.

Job 33:10

Job 33:10God is picking a quarrel with me,
and he considers me his enemy.

Job 33:11

Job 33:11He puts my feet in the stocks
and watches my every move.’

Job 33:12

Job 33:12“But you are wrong, and I will show you why.
For God is greater than any human being.

Job 33:13

Job 33:13So why are you bringing a charge against him?
Why say he does not respond to people’s complaints?

Job 33:14

Job 33:14For God speaks again and again,
though people do not recognize it.

Job 33:15

Job 33:15He speaks in dreams, in visions of the night,
when deep sleep falls on people
as they lie in their beds.

Job 33:16

Job 33:16He whispers in their ears
and terrifies them with warnings.

Job 33:17

Job 33:17He makes them turn from doing wrong;
he keeps them from pride.

Job 33:18

Job 33:18He protects them from the grave,
from crossing over the river of death.

Job 33:19

Job 33:19“Or God disciplines people with pain on their sickbeds,
with ceaseless aching in their bones.

Job 33:20

Job 33:20They lose their appetite
for even the most delicious food.

Job 33:21

Job 33:21Their flesh wastes away,
and their bones stick out.

Job 33:22

Job 33:22They are at death’s door;
the angels of death wait for them.

Job 33:23

Job 33:23“But if an angel from heaven appears—
a special messenger to intercede for a person
and declare that he is upright—

Job 33:24

Job 33:24he will be gracious and say,
‘Rescue him from the grave,
for I have found a ransom for his life.’

Job 33:25

Job 33:25Then his body will become as healthy as a child’s,
firm and youthful again.

Job 33:26

Job 33:26When he prays to God,
he will be accepted.
And God will receive him with joy
and restore him to good standing.

Job 33:27

Job 33:27He will declare to his friends,
‘I sinned and twisted the truth,
but it was not worth it.[fn]

Job 33:28

Job 33:28God rescued me from the grave,
and now my life is filled with light.’

Job 33:29

Job 33:29“Yes, God does these things
again and again for people.

Job 33:30

Job 33:30He rescues them from the grave
so they may enjoy the light of life.

Job 33:31

Job 33:31Mark this well, Job. Listen to me,
for I have more to say.

Job 33:32

Job 33:32But if you have anything to say, go ahead.
Speak, for I am anxious to see you justified.

Job 33:33

Job 33:33But if not, then listen to me.
Keep silent and I will teach you wisdom!”

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(33:27)

Greek version reads but he [God] did not punish me as my sin deserved.

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