Job 33

¹And now, O Job, give ear to my words, and take note of all I say.

²See, now my mouth is open, my tongue gives out words.

³My heart is overflowing with knowledge, my lips say what is true.

⁴The spirit of God has made me, and the breath of the Ruler of all gives me life.

⁵If you are able, give me an answer; put your cause in order, and come forward.

⁶See, I am the same as you are in the eyes of God; I was cut off from the same bit of wet earth.

⁷Fear of me will not overcome you, and my hand will not be hard on you.

⁸But you said in my hearing, and your voice came to my ears:

⁹I am clean, without sin; I am washed, and there is no evil in me:

¹⁰See, he is looking for something against me; in his eyes I am as one of his haters;

¹¹He puts chains on my feet; he is watching all my ways.

¹²Truly, in saying this you are wrong; for God is greater than man.

¹³Why do you put forward your cause against him, saying, He gives no answer to any of my words?

¹⁴For God gives his word in one way, even in two, and man is not conscious of it:

¹⁵In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep comes on men, while they take their rest on their beds;

Then he makes his secrets clear to men, so that they are full of fear at what they see;