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1“But now, O Job, hear my speech, and listen to all my words.

1"Now please listen to what I have to say, Job. Listen to every word!

2Behold, I will open my mouth; my address is on the tip of my tongue.

2Look! I've begun to speak, and I'm fashioning my words.

3My words are from an upright heart, and my lips speak sincerely what I know.

3I speak from the innocence of my heart; and my lips will utter what I sincerely know.

4The Spirit of God has made me, and the breath of the Almighty gives me life.

4"The spirit of God fashioned me; and the breath of the Almighty gives me life.

5Refute me if you can; prepare your case and confront me.

5Answer me, if you can! Present your case! Take your stand in my presence!

6I am just like you before God; I was also formed from clay.

6Look! As far as God is concerned, I'm just like you are— I, too, have been pinched off from a piece of clay.

7Surely no fear of me should terrify you; nor will my hand be heavy upon you.

7Don't be afraid of me; I'll go easy on you."

8Surely you have spoken in my hearing, and I have heard these very words:

8"You spoke clearly so I could hear; I've heard what you've said:

9‘I am pure, without transgression; I am clean, with no iniquity in me.

9I'm pure. I'm without sin; I'm innocent. I'm harboring no iniquity inside of me.

10Yet God finds occasions against me; He counts me as His enemy.

10Nevertheless, God has found a pretext to attack me; he considers me his enemy.

11He puts my feet in the stocks; He watches over all my paths.’

11He has bound my feet in shackles, and keeps watching everything I do.'"

12Behold, you are not right in this matter. I will answer you, for God is greater than man.

12"You aren't right about this; My response is that God is greater than human beings.

13Why do you complain to Him that He answers nothing a man asks?

13Why are you arguing with him? He doesn't have to give explanations for what he does to you!

14For God speaks in one way and in another, yet no one notices.

14"God speaks time and time again — but nobody notices—

15In a dream, in a vision in the night, when deep sleep falls upon men as they slumber on their beds,

15in a dream or night vision, when a deep sleep falls on mankind while they sleep on their beds.

16He opens their ears and terrifies them with warnings

16That's when he opens the ear of mankind, authenticating his messages to them,

17to turn a man from wrongdoing and keep him from pride,

17turning a person from his actions, keeping him from pride,

18to preserve his soul from the Pit and his life from perishing by the sword.

18sparing his soul from the Pit and his life from violent death.

19A man is also chastened on his bed with pain and constant distress in his bones,

19"He is being reproved by painful bed rest, with continual aching in his bones.

20so that he detests his bread, and his soul loathes his favorite food.

20He cannot stand his food, and he has no desire for appetizing food.

21His flesh wastes away from sight, and his hidden bones protrude.

21His flesh wastes away; his bones, which once couldn't be seen, are visible.

22He draws near to the Pit, and his life to the messengers of death.

22His soul is getting close to the Pit; his life is approaching its executioner."

23Yet if there is a messenger on his side, one mediator in a thousand, to tell a man what is right for him,

23"If there's a messenger appointed to mediate for Job —one out of a thousand— to represent the man's integrity on his behalf,

24to be gracious to him and say, ‘Spare him from going down to the Pit; I have found his ransom,’

24to show favor to him and to plead, 'Deliver him from having to go down to the Pit — I know where his ransom is!'

25then his flesh is refreshed like a child’s; he returns to the days of his youth.

25Let his flesh be rejuvenated as he was in his youth! Let him recover the strength of his youth.

26He prays to God and finds favor; he sees God’s face and shouts for joy, and God restores His righteousness to that man.

26Let him pray to God and he will accept him; he will appear before him with joyful shouts!"

27Then he sings before men with these words: ‘I have sinned and perverted what was right; yet I did not get what I deserved.

27"He'll sing to mankind with these words: 'I've sinned. I have twisted what is right. Yet he has not repaid me like I deserve.

28He redeemed my soul from going down to the Pit, and I will live to see the light.’

28He has redeemed my soul from going down to the Pit; my life will see the light.'

29Behold, all these things God does to a man, two or even three times,

29Indeed God does all these things again and again with a person

30to bring back his soul from the Pit, that he may be enlightened with the light of life.

30to bring back his soul from the Pit; to light him with the light of life."

31Pay attention, Job, and listen to me; be silent, and I will speak.

31"Job, pay attention! Listen to me! Be silent and let me speak.

32But if you have something to say, answer me; speak up, for I would like to vindicate you.

32If you have anything to say, answer me; speak up, because I'd be happy to vindicate you.

33But if not, then listen to me; be quiet, and I will teach you wisdom.”

33But if you have nothing to say, then at least listen to me! Be quiet and learn some wisdom from me."

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