New American Standard Bible 2020

Job 33:12-30

12Behold, let me respond to you, 1you are not right in this, For God is greater than mankind.

13“Why do you 2complain to Him That He does not give an account of all His doings?14Indeed 3God speaks once, Or twice, yet no one notices it.15In a 4dream, a vision of the night, When deep sleep falls on people, While they slumber in their beds,16Then 5He opens the ears of people, And horrifies them with warnings,17So that He may turn a person away from bad conduct, And 6keep a man from pride;18He 7keeps his soul back from the pit, And his life from perishing by the 8spear.

19“A person is also rebuked by 9pain in his bed, And with constant complaint in his bones,20So that his life 10loathes bread, And his soul, food 11that he should crave.21His 12flesh wastes away from sight, And his 13bones, which were not seen, stick out.22Then 14his soul comes near to the pit, And his life to those who bring death.

23“If there is an 15interceding angel for him, One out of a thousand, To remind a person of what is 16right for him,24And he is gracious to him, and says, ‘Free him from 17going down to the pit, I have found a 18ransom’;25Let his flesh become fresher than in youth, Let him return to the days of his youthful vigor;26Then he will 19pray to God, and He will accept him, So that 20he may see His face with joy, And He will restore His righteousness to that person.27He will sing to people and say, ‘I 21have sinned and perverted what is right, And it is not 22proper for me.28He has redeemed my soul from going to the pit, And my life will 23see the light.’

29“Behold, God does 24all these things for a man two or three times,30To 25bring back his soul from the pit, So that he may be enlightened with the light of life.

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Notes

1. Job 33:12 Eccl 7:20 ↩
2. Job 33:13 Job 40:2; Is 45:9 ↩
3. Job 33:14 Job 33:29; 40:5; Ps 62:11 ↩
4. Job 33:15 Job 4:12-17; 33:15-18 ↩
5. Job 33:16 Job 36:10, 15 ↩
6. Job 33:17 Lit hide ↩
7. Job 33:18 Job 33:22, 24, 28, 30 ↩
8. Job 33:18 Job 15:22 ↩
9. Job 33:19 Job 30:17 ↩
10. Job 33:20 Job 3:24; 6:7; Ps 107:18 ↩
11. Job 33:20 Lit of craving ↩
12. Job 33:21 Job 16:8 ↩
13. Job 33:21 Job 19:20; Ps 22:17; 102:5 ↩
14. Job 33:22 Job 33:18, 28 ↩
15. Job 33:23 Gen 40:8 ↩
16. Job 33:23 Lit his uprightness ↩
17. Job 33:24 Job 33:18, 28; Is 38:17 ↩
18. Job 33:24 Job 36:18; Ps 49:7 ↩
19. Job 33:26 Job 22:27; 34:28; Ps 50:14, 15 ↩
20. Job 33:26 Job 22:26 ↩
21. Job 33:27 2 Sam 12:13; Luke 15:21 ↩
22. Job 33:27 Rom 6:21 ↩
23. Job 33:28 Job 22:28 ↩
24. Job 33:29 Eph 1:11; Phil 2:13 ↩
25. Job 33:30 Job 33:18; Zech 9:11 ↩

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