Verse
WEB
World English Bible
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
"However
, Job, Please
hear my speech, And listen to all my words.
“But
now
, O
Job, hear my speech, and listen to all my words.
See
now
, I have
opened
my mouth .
My tongue
has
spoken
in
my mouth
.
Behold
, I will
open
my mouth ;
my address
is
on
the
tip
of
my tongue
.
My words shall
utter
the
uprightness
of
my
heart ;
That
which
my lips know
they
shall
speak sincerely.
My words are
from
an
upright
heart ,
and
my lips speak sincerely what
I
know
.
The Spirit of God has made me, And the breath of the Almighty gives me life.
The Spirit of God has made me, and the breath of the Almighty gives me life.
If you can ,
answer
me
; Set
your words
in
order
before
me,
and stand
forth
.
Refute
me
if you can; prepare
your case
and confront
me
.
Behold,
I am toward
God
even
as
you are:
I am
also formed out
of
the
clay.
I am just
like
you before
God;
I was
also formed from
clay.
Behold,
my
terror
shall
not
make
you afraid,
Neither
shall
my pressure
be heavy on
you.
Surely
no
fear
of
me
should
terrify
you ;
nor
will
my hand
be heavy upon
you.
"
Surely you have spoken in my hearing, I have heard the
voice
of
your
words ,
saying,
Surely you have spoken in my hearing, and
I have heard these
very
words :
'
I am clean
, without disobedience.
I am innocent
, neither
is
there
iniquity in me :
‘
I am pure
, without transgression;
I am clean
, with
no
iniquity in me .
Behold,
he
finds occasions against me ,
He counts me for
his enemy :
Yet
God
finds occasions against me ;
He counts me as
His enemy .
He puts my feet in the stocks ,
He marks
all my paths. '
He puts my feet in the stocks ;
He watches
over
all my paths. ’
"
Behold, I
will
answer
you .
In this you are
not
just;
For God is greater than man.
Behold, you are
not
right
in this matter.
I
will
answer
you ,
for God is greater than man.
Why do you strive
against
him ,
Because
he doesn't
give
account
of
any
of
his
matters
?
Why do you complain
to
Him that
He answers
nothing
a
man
asks
?
For God speaks once,
Yes
twice
, though
man
pays
no attention
.
For God speaks in
one
way
and
in
another
, yet
no one
notices
.
In a dream, in a vision of
the night, When deep sleep falls on
men ,
In
slumbering
on the
bed;
In a dream, in a vision in
the night, when deep sleep falls upon
men as
they
slumber
on their
beds,
Then
he opens the
ears of
men,
And seals
their
instruction,
He opens their
ears and terrifies
them
with
warnings
That
he
may
withdraw
man from his
purpose,
And hide
pride
from man.
to
turn
a
man from wrongdoing
and keep
him
from pride,
He
keeps
back
his soul from the pit ,
And his life from perishing by the sword.
to
preserve
his soul from the Pit and his life from perishing by the sword.
He
is chastened
also with
pain
on his bed ,
With continual
strife
in his bones ;
A
man
is also chastened
on his bed with pain
and
constant
distress
in his bones ,
So that his life
abhors
bread, And his soul dainty
food.
so that he
detests
his bread, and his soul loathes
his
favorite
food.
His flesh is
so
consumed
away, that
it
can't
be
seen;
His bones that
were
not
seen
stick
out
.
His flesh wastes
away from
sight
, and
his hidden
bones protrude
.
Yes,
his
soul
draws near to the pit, And his life to the destroyers
.
He
draws near to the Pit, and his life to the messengers
of
death
.
"
If there is beside
him
an
angel,
An
interpreter
, one among
a thousand, To show
to
man what is right for him ;
Yet
if there is a
messenger
on
his
side
, one mediator
in
a thousand, to tell
a
man what is right for him ,
Then
God
is
gracious to him ,
and says
, 'Deliver
him from going down to the pit ,
I have found a
ransom .'
to
be
gracious to him and say
, ‘Spare
him from going down to the Pit ;
I have found his
ransom ,’
His flesh shall
be
fresher
than
a child's
; He returns to the days of his youth.
then
his flesh is
refreshed
like
a child’s
; he returns to the days of his youth.
He prays to God ,
and he
is
favorable
to
him,
So
that
he sees his
face with
joy :
He
restores to
man
his righteousness.
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 sings before men ,
and
says,
'
I have sinned ,
and perverted that
which
was right ,
And
it
didn't
profit
me
.
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 has
redeemed my soul from going into
the pit, My
life
shall
see the light. '
He redeemed my soul from going down
to
the Pit, and
I
will
live
to
see the light. ’
"
Behold, God
works
all these things ,
Twice
, yes
three times, with
a
man,
Behold, all these things God
does
to
a
man
, two
or
even
three times,
To bring back his soul from the pit, That he may be enlightened with the light of the
living
.
to bring back his soul from the Pit, that he may be enlightened with the light of life
.
Mark
well
, Job, and listen to me :
Hold
your
peace
, and I will speak.
Pay
attention
, Job, and listen to me ;
be
silent
, and I will speak.
If you have anything
to say, answer me :
Speak, for I desire
to justify
you.
But
if you have something
to say, answer me ;
speak up
, for I would
like
to vindicate
you.
If not, listen to me :
Hold
your
peace
, and I will teach you wisdom. "
But
if not, then
listen to me ;
be
quiet
, and I will teach you wisdom. ”
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