Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
“But
now
, O Job, hear my speech ,
and listen
to all my words.
And
yet
, I
pray
thee,
O Job, Hear my speech and `
to '
all my words give
ear
.
Behold
, I will
open
my mouth ;
my
address
is
on
the
tip
of
my tongue.
Lo
, I pray
thee,
I
have
opened
my mouth ,
My tongue hath
spoken
in
the
palate
.
My words
are
from
an
upright
heart, and my lips speak
sincerely
what
I
know
.
Of
the
uprightness
of
my heart `are'
my
sayings
, And knowledge
have
my lips clearly
spoken
.
The Spirit of God has
made me, and the breath of the Almighty
gives
me life
.
The Spirit of God hath
made me, And the breath of the Mighty
doth
quicken
me.
Refute
me
if you
can;
prepare
your
case
and
confront
me.
If thou
art
able
--
answer
me ,
Set
in
array
before
me
--
station
thyself
.
I am just
like
you
before
God ;
I was
also formed from
clay
.
Lo,
I `
am ',
according
to
thy
word,
for
God ,
From
the
clay
I --
I
also ,
have
been
formed.
Surely
no
fear
of
me
should
terrify
you;
nor
will
my hand
be
heavy upon
you
.
Lo,
my terror
doth
not
frighten
thee,
And
my
burden
on
thee
is
not
heavy.
Surely you
have
spoken
in my
hearing
, and I
have
heard
these
very
words:
Surely --
thou
hast
said
in mine
ears
, And the
sounds
of
words I
hear
:
‘I
am
pure, without transgression ;
I
am clean
, with
no iniquity in
me
.
`
Pure `am'
I
, without transgression ,
Innocent
`
am '
I
, and
I
have
no iniquity.
Yet
God
finds
occasions against me ;
He counts
me as
His
enemy .
Lo,
occasions against me He doth
find,
He
doth
reckon
me for
an
enemy to
Him,
He puts
my
feet
in the stocks ;
He watches
over
all my paths. ’
He doth
put
in the stocks my
feet,
He doth
watch
all my paths. '
Behold
, you
are
not
right
in this matter.
I will
answer you
, for
God
is
greater than man.
Lo
, `
in '
this thou
hast
not
been
righteous,
I answer thee
, that
greater is
God
than man.
Why
do
you
complain
to
Him that
He answers
nothing
a
man
asks
?
Wherefore
against
Him hast
thou
striven,
When
`for'
all
His
matters
He answereth
not
?
For God speaks
in
one
way
and in
another
, yet
no
one
notices
.
For once
doth
God speak,
and twice
, (He
doth
not
behold
it
. )
In a dream ,
in
a vision in
the
night, when
deep sleep falls
upon
men
as
they
slumber
on their
beds
,
In a dream --
a vision of
night, In
the
falling
of
deep sleep on men
, In
slumberings
on
a
bed.
He opens
their
ears
and terrifies
them
with
warnings
Then
He uncovereth
the
ear
of
men,
And for
their
instruction
sealeth:
to turn a
man from wrongdoing
and keep
him
from
pride ,
To turn aside
man `
from '
doing,
And pride from
man
He
concealeth.
to
preserve
his soul from the
Pit
and his life from perishing
by the
sword
.
He
keepeth
back
his soul from corruption,
And his life from passing
away
by a
dart
.
A
man
is
also
chastened
on his bed with
pain
and constant
distress
in
his bones ,
And
he
hath
been
reproved
With
pain
on his bed ,
And the
strife
of
his bones `is'
enduring.
so
that
he
detests
his bread, and his soul loathes
his
favorite
food.
And
his life
hath
nauseated
bread, And his soul desirable
food.
His flesh wastes
away
from sight
, and his hidden
bones protrude.
His flesh is
consumed
from being
seen
, And high
are
his bones ,
they
were
not
seen!
He
draws
near to the Pit, and his life to the
messengers
of
death.
And
draw
near to the pit doth
his
soul
, And his life to those
causing
death.
Yet
if there is a messenger on
his
side
, one mediator
in
a thousand, to tell
a
man
what
is
right
for him,
If there is by
him
a messenger, An
interpreter
--
one of
a thousand, To declare
for man
his
uprightness:
to
be
gracious
to
him and say
, ‘Spare
him from going down to the Pit ;
I have found his
ransom,’
Then
He
doth
favour
him and saith
, `Ransom
him from going down to the pit ,
I have found an
atonement.'
then
his flesh is
refreshed
like
a child’s;
he returns
to the days of his youth.
Fresher
`is'
his flesh than
a child's,
He returneth
to the days of his youth.
He prays
to
God and finds
favor;
he sees
God’s
face
and shouts
for
joy
, and God
restores
His
righteousness
to that
man.
He maketh
supplication
unto
God ,
And He accepteth
him.
And he
seeth
His
face
with
shouting
, And He
returneth
to man His
righteousness
.
Then
he sings
before
men with
these
words:
‘
I have
sinned and perverted
what
was
right;
yet
I did
not get
what
I
deserved
.
He looketh
on
men ,
and
saith,
`
I sinned ,
And uprightness
I have
perverted,
And
it
hath
not been
profitable
to
me
.
He redeemed
my soul from going down
to
the Pit, and I
will
live
to
see
the light. ’
He hath
ransomed
my soul From going over
into
the pit, And my
life
on
the light looketh
. '
Behold
, all these things
God does
to
a
man
, two
or
even
three
times
,
Lo
, all these doth
God work
, Twice
--
thrice
with
man
,
to bring back his soul from the Pit, that
he
may
be enlightened with the light of life
.
To bring back his soul from the pit, To
be enlightened with the light of the
living
.
Pay
attention
, Job, and
listen
to me ;
be
silent, and I will
speak.
Attend
, O
Job, hearken
to me ,
Keep
silent, and I --
I
do
speak.
But
if you
have
something
to
say,
answer me ;
speak up
, for I would
like
to vindicate
you
.
If there
are
words
--
answer me ,
Speak, for I have
a
desire
to justify
thee
.
But
if not ,
then
listen
to me ;
be
quiet
, and I will
teach you
wisdom. ”
If there
are
not --
hearken
thou
to me, Keep
silent,
and I teach thee
wisdom.
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