{"book":"Job","slug":"job","ch":33,"genre":"poetry","sub":"Job","prev":"job/32","next":"job/34","verses":[{"v":1,"t":"[“] But now, O Job, hear my speech, and listen to all my words.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"[“] But now, O Job, hear my speech,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and listen to all my words."}],"h":"Elihu Rebukes Job","style":"indent1stline"},{"v":2,"t":"Behold, I will open my mouth; my address is on the tip of my tongue.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Behold, I will open my mouth;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"my address is on the tip of my tongue."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":3,"t":"My words are from an upright heart, and my lips speak sincerely what I know.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"My words are from an upright heart,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and my lips speak sincerely what I know."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":4,"t":"The Spirit of God has made me, and the breath of the Almighty gives me life.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"The Spirit of God has made me,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and the breath of the Almighty gives me life."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":5,"t":"Refute me if you can; prepare your case and confront me.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Refute me if you can;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"prepare your case and confront me."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":6,"t":"I am just like you before God; I was also formed from clay.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"I am just like you before God;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"I was also formed from clay."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":7,"t":"Surely no fear of me should terrify you; nor will my hand be heavy upon you.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Surely no fear of me should terrify you;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"nor will my hand be heavy upon you."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":8,"t":"Surely you have spoken in my hearing, and I have heard these very words:","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"Surely you have spoken in my hearing,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and I have heard these very words:"}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":9,"t":"‘ I am pure, without transgression; I am clean, with no iniquity in me.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"‘ I am pure, without transgression;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"I am clean, with no iniquity in me."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":10,"t":"Yet [God] finds occasions against me; He counts me as His enemy.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Yet [God] finds occasions against me;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"He counts me as His enemy."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":11,"t":"He puts my feet in the stocks; He watches over all my paths.’","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"He puts my feet in the stocks;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"He watches over all my paths.’"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":12,"t":"Behold, you are not right in this matter. I will answer you, for God is greater than man.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"Behold, you are not right in this matter."},{"style":"indent2","t":"I will answer you, for God is greater than man."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":13,"t":"Why do you complain to Him that He answers nothing a man asks?","f":["Or that He answers for none of His actions"],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Why do you complain to Him"},{"style":"indent2","t":"that He answers nothing a man asks?"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":14,"t":"For God speaks in one [way] and in another, [yet] no one notices.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"For God speaks in one [way] and in another,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"[yet] no one notices."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":15,"t":"In a dream, in a vision in the night, when deep sleep falls upon men as they slumber on their beds,","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"In a dream,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"in a vision in the night,"},{"style":"indent1","t":"when deep sleep falls upon men"},{"style":"indent2","t":"as they slumber on their beds,"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":16,"t":"He opens their ears and terrifies them with warnings","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"He opens their ears"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and terrifies them with warnings"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":17,"t":"to turn a man from wrongdoing and keep him from pride,","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"to turn a man from wrongdoing"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and keep him from pride,"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":18,"t":"to preserve his soul from the Pit and his life from perishing by the sword.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"to preserve his soul from the Pit"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and his life from perishing by the sword."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":19,"t":"A man is also chastened on his bed with pain and constant distress in his bones,","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"A man is also chastened on his bed"},{"style":"indent2","t":"with pain and constant distress in his bones,"}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":20,"t":"so that he detests his bread, and his soul [loathes] his favorite food.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"so that he detests his bread,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and his soul [loathes] his favorite food."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":21,"t":"His flesh wastes away from sight, and his hidden bones protrude.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"His flesh wastes away from sight,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and his hidden bones protrude."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":22,"t":"He draws near to the Pit, and his life to the messengers of death.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"He draws near to the Pit,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and his life to the messengers of death."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":23,"t":"Yet if there is a messenger on his side, one mediator in a thousand, to tell a man what is right for him,","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"Yet if there is a messenger on his side,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"one mediator in a thousand,"},{"style":"indent1","t":"to tell a man what is right for him,"}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":24,"t":"to be gracious to him and say,‘ Spare him from going down to the Pit; I have found his ransom,’","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent2","t":"to be gracious to him and say,"},{"style":"indent1","t":"‘ Spare him from going down to the Pit;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"I have found his ransom,’"}],"style":"indent2"},{"v":25,"t":"then his flesh is refreshed like a child’s; he returns to the days of his youth.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"then his flesh is refreshed like a child’s;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"he returns to the days of his youth."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":26,"t":"He prays to God and finds favor; he sees [God’s] face and shouts for joy, and God restores His righteousness to that man.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"He prays to God and finds favor;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"he sees [God’s] face and shouts for joy,"},{"style":"indent1","t":"and God restores His righteousness"},{"style":"indent2","t":"to that man."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":27,"t":"Then he sings before men with these words:‘ I have sinned and perverted what was right; yet I did not get what I deserved.","f":["Or Then he looks upon"],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Then he sings before men"},{"style":"indent2","t":"with these words:"},{"style":"indent1","t":"‘ I have sinned and perverted what was right;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"yet I did not get what I deserved."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":28,"t":"He redeemed my soul from going down to the Pit, and I will live to see the light.’","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"He redeemed my soul from going down to the Pit,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and I will live to see the light.’"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":29,"t":"Behold, all these things God does to a man, two or even three times,","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"Behold, all these things God does to a man,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"two or even three times,"}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":30,"t":"to bring back his soul from the Pit, that he may be enlightened with the light of life.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"to bring back his soul from the Pit,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"that he may be enlightened with the light of life."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":31,"t":"Pay attention, Job, and listen to me; be silent, and I will speak.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Pay attention, Job, and listen to me;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"be silent, and I will speak."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":32,"t":"But if you have something to say, answer me; speak up, for I would like to vindicate you.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"But if you have something to say, answer me;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"speak up, for I would like to vindicate you."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":33,"t":"But if not, then listen to me; be quiet, and I will teach you wisdom.”","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"But if not, then listen to me;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"be quiet, and I will teach you wisdom.”"}],"style":"indent1"}]}