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| 33:1 |
And yet, I pray thee, O Job, Hear my speech and [to] all my words give ear.
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| 33:2 |
Lo, I pray thee, I have opened my mouth, My tongue hath spoken in the palate.
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| 33:3 |
Of the uprightness of my heart [are] my sayings, And knowledge have my lips clearly spoken.
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| 33:4 |
The Spirit of God hath made me, And the breath of the Mighty doth quicken me.
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| 33:5 |
If thou art able -- answer me, Set in array before me -- station thyself.
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| 33:6 |
Lo, I [am], according to thy word, for God, From the clay I -- I also, have been formed.
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| 33:7 |
Lo, my terror doth not frighten thee, And my burden on thee is not heavy.
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| 33:8 |
Surely -- thou hast said in mine ears, And the sounds of words I hear:
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| 33:9 |
`Pure [am] I, without transgression, Innocent [am] I, and I have no iniquity.
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| 33:10 |
Lo, occasions against me He doth find, He doth reckon me for an enemy to Him,
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| 33:11 |
He doth put in the stocks my feet, He doth watch all my paths.'
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| 33:12 |
Lo, [in] this thou hast not been righteous, I answer thee, that greater is God than man.
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| 33:13 |
Wherefore against Him hast thou striven, When [for] all His matters He answereth not?
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| 33:14 |
For once doth God speak, and twice, (He doth not behold it.)
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| 33:15 |
In a dream -- a vision of night, In the falling of deep sleep on men, In slumberings on a bed.
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| 33:16 |
Then He uncovereth the ear of men, And for their instruction sealeth:
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| 33:17 |
To turn aside man [from] doing, And pride from man He concealeth.
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| 33:18 |
He keepeth back his soul from corruption, And his life from passing away by a dart.
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| 33:19 |
And he hath been reproved With pain on his bed, And the strife of his bones [is] enduring.
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| 33:20 |
And his life hath nauseated bread, And his soul desirable food.
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| 33:21 |
His flesh is consumed from being seen, And high are his bones, they were not seen!
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| 33:22 |
And draw near to the pit doth his soul, And his life to those causing death.
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| 33:23 |
If there is by him a messenger, An interpreter -- one of a thousand, To declare for man his uprightness:
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| 33:24 |
Then He doth favour him and saith, `Ransom him from going down to the pit, I have found an atonement.'
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| 33:25 |
Fresher [is] his flesh than a child's, He returneth to the days of his youth.
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| 33:26 |
He maketh supplication unto God, And He accepteth him. And he seeth His face with shouting, And He returneth to man His righteousness.
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| 33:27 |
He looketh on men, and saith, `I sinned, And uprightness I have perverted, And it hath not been profitable to me.
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| 33:28 |
He hath ransomed my soul From going over into the pit, And my life on the light looketh.'
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| 33:29 |
Lo, all these doth God work, Twice -- thrice with man,
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| 33:30 |
To bring back his soul from the pit, To be enlightened with the light of the living.
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| 33:31 |
Attend, O Job, hearken to me, Keep silent, and I -- I do speak.
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| 33:32 |
If there are words -- answer me, Speak, for I have a desire to justify thee.
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| 33:33 |
If there are not -- hearken thou to me, Keep silent, and I teach thee wisdom.
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