Job 33
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Chapter 33
Elihu continues to speak
1‘But now, Job, listen to the things that I will tell you.
Listen carefully to everything that I will say.
2I will speak to you now.
I am ready to tell you what I think.
3I am an honest man, so you can believe what I say.
I will tell you what I know is true.
4The Spirit of Almighty God has made me.
His breath gives me life.
5Answer me now, Job, if you can.
Prepare yourself.
Be ready to explain your problem to me.
6Listen! When God looks at us,
we are the same as each other.
God used clay to make both of us.
7So you should not be afraid of me.
I will not do anything to hurt you.
8I have heard the things that you have said, Job.
This is what I heard you say:
9“I am not guilty. I have not done anything that is wrong.
I am pure and clean.
10But God has decided to punish me!
He attacks me as if I am his enemy.
11He has tied my feet with chains.
He always watches me to see where I go.”
12But now I tell you this, Job: You are not right!
God is greater than any human.
13So you should not argue against him.
You should not say,
“God does not answer any of my questions.”
14God does speak to people.
He speaks to them in many different ways.
But often people do not recognize his voice.
15Sometimes God speaks to people in dreams and visions.
He speaks to them at night, while they sleep in bed.
16He tells them about things that will happen.
He warns them about terrible things,
so that they are afraid.
17He tells them to turn away from their sins.
He tells them not to be proud.
18He keeps people safe from death,
so that they do not go to their graves.
19Or God may warn people with a painful illness.
He may make their bodies hurt all the time.
20Then they do not want to eat anything.
They cannot eat even the best food.
21Their bodies become very thin.
People can even see their bones.
22They will soon die and go to their graves.
Death is waiting to take them away.
23But perhaps an angel may come
to help one of those people.
He may speak on behalf of God,
as a special angel among the many thousands of God's angels.
The angel may tell that person
how to live in a way that is right.
24Then God will be kind to that person.
God will say, “Save that person,
so that he does not go to his grave.
I have found someone to pay the price for his life.
So keep him alive.”
25Then that person's body will become healthy again.
He will be strong, like a young man.
26When he prays to God,
God will be happy to answer him.
He will again worship God with joy.
And God will give him a good way of life again.
27That person will say clearly to everyone,
“I did things that were not right.
I did wrong things,
but God did not punish me as I deserved.
28God rescued me from death,
so that I did not go to my grave.
Now I will enjoy life in the light.”
29God does all these things for people.
He does them many times.
30He saves a person from death,
so that he does not go to his grave.
He gives light to that person,
so that he may enjoy his life.
31Job, listen carefully to me.
Be quiet, and I will speak to you.
32After that, you may answer me,
if you have something to say.
If I could say that you have not done anything wrong,
that would make me happy.
33But if you have nothing to say,
then listen to me.
Be quiet and I will teach you how to be wise.’
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