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Job 33:12-30

12Behold, I will answer thee, in this thou art not just;For God is greater than man.13Why dost thou strive against him,For that he giveth not account of any of his matters?14For God speaketh once,Yea twice, though man regardeth it not.15In a dream, in a vision of the night,When deep sleep falleth upon men,In slumberings upon the bed;16Then he openeth the ears of men,And sealeth their instruction,17That he may withdraw man from his purpose,And hide pride from man;18He keepeth back his soul from the pit,And his life from perishing by the sword.19He is chastened also with pain upon his bed,And with continual strife in his bones;20So that his life abhorreth bread,And his soul dainty food.21His flesh is consumed away, that it cannot be seen;And his bones that were not seen stick out.22Yea, his soul draweth near unto the pit,And his life to the destroyers.23If there be with him an angel,An interpreter, one among a thousand,To show unto man what is right for him;24ThenGodis gracious unto him, and saith,Deliver him from going down to the pit,I have found a ransom.25His flesh shall be fresher than a child’s;He returneth to the days of his youth.26He prayeth unto God, and he is favorable unto him,So that he seeth his face with joy:And he restoreth unto man his righteousness.27He singeth before men, and saith,I have sinned, and perverted that which was right,And it profited me not:28He hath redeemed my soul from going into the pit,And my life shall behold the light.29Lo, all these things doth God work,Twice, yea thrice, with a man,30To bring back his soul from the pit,That he may be enlightened with the light of the living.

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American Standard Version — 1901 — Public Domain