Verse 31
Job 33:31
GOD'S WORD Translation
31
Mark well, Job, and listen to me.
Hold your peace, and I will speak.
Original Language Text
hebrew
הַקְשֵׁ֖ב אִיּ֥וֹב שְֽׁמַֽע לִ֑/י הַ֝חֲרֵ֗שׁ וְ/אָנֹכִ֥י אֲדַבֵּֽר
English Translation
Listen, Job; be silent, and I will speak.
AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 33 Context
1
“However, Job, please hear my speech,
and listen to all my words.
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See now, I have opened my mouth.
My tongue has spoken in my mouth.
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My words shall utter the uprightness of my heart.
That which my lips know they shall speak sincerely...
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The Spirit of God (Elohim) has made me,
and the breath of the Almighty gives me life.
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If you can, answer me.
Set your words in order before me, and stand up.
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Behold, I am toward God (Elohim) even as you are.
I am also formed out of the clay.
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Behold, my terror shall not make you afraid,
neither shall my pressure be heavy on you.
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“Surely you have spoken in my hearing,
I have heard the voice of your words, saying,
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‘I am clean, without disobedience.
I am innocent, neither is there iniquity in me.
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Behold, he finds occasions against me.
He counts me for his enemy.
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He puts my feet in the stocks.
He marks all my paths.’
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“Behold, I will answer you. In this you are not just,
for God (Elohim) is greater than man.
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Why do you strive against him,
because he doesn’t give account of any of his matters?
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For God (Elohim) speaks once,
yes twice, though man pays no attention.
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In a dream, in a vision of the night,
when deep sleep falls on men,
in slumbering on the bed;
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Then he opens the ears of men,
and seals their instruction,
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That he may withdraw man from his purpose,
and hide pride from man.
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He keeps back his soul from the pit,
and his life from perishing by the sword.
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He is chastened also with pain on his bed,
with continual strife in his bones;
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So that his life abhors bread,
and his soul dainty food.
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His flesh is so consumed away, that it can’t be seen.
His bones that were not seen stick out.
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Yes, his soul draws near to the pit,
and his life to the destroyers.
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“If there is beside him an angel,
an interpreter, one among a thousand,
to show to man what is right...
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then God (Elohim) is gracious to him, and says,
‘Deliver him from going down to the pit,
I have foun...
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His flesh shall be fresher than a child’s.
He returns to the days of his youth.
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He prays to God (Elohim), and he is favorable to him,
so that he sees his face with joy.
He restores...
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He sings before men, and says,
‘I have sinned, and perverted that which was right,
and it didn’t pro...
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He has redeemed my soul from going into the pit.
My life shall see the light.’
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“Behold, God (Elohim) does all these things,
twice, yes three times, with a man,
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to bring back his soul from the pit,
that he may be enlightened with the light of the living.
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Mark well, Job, and listen to me.
Hold your peace, and I will speak.
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If you have anything to say, answer me.
Speak, for I desire to justify you.
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33
If not, listen to me.
Hold your peace, and I will teach you wisdom.”
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