Job 33

¹Howbeit, Job, I pray thee, hear mine utterances, and hearken to all my words.

²Behold now, I have opened my mouth, my tongue speaketh in my palate,

³My words shall be of the uprightness of my heart, and my lips shall utter knowledge purely.

⁴The Spirit of God hath made me, and the breath of the Almighty hath given me life.

⁵If thou canst, answer me; array [thy words] before me: take thy stand.

⁶Behold, before God I am as thou; I also am formed out of the clay.

⁷Behold, my terror shall not make thee afraid, nor my burden be heavy upon thee.

⁸Surely thou hast spoken in my hearing, and I have heard the voice of [thy] words: —

⁹I am clean without transgression; I am pure, and there is no iniquity in me;

¹⁰Lo, he findeth occasions of hostility against me, he counteth me for his enemy;

¹¹He putteth my feet in the stocks, he marketh all my paths.

¹²Behold, I will answer thee in this, thou art not right; for God is greater than man.

¹³Why dost thou strive against him? for he giveth not account of any of his matters.

¹⁴For God speaketh once, and twice, — [and man] perceiveth it not —

¹⁵In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falleth upon men, in slumberings upon the bed;