“However, Job, please hear my speech, Job 13:6Job 34:2Mrk 4:9Psa 49:1-3
and listen to all my words.
See now, I have opened my mouth. Job 3:1Job 31:30Mat 5:2Psa 78:2
My tongue has spoken in my mouth.
My words will utter the uprightness of my heart. Job 27:41Th 2:3-4Pro 20:15Job 15:2Job 36:3-4Job 38:2Job 6:28Pro 15:2
That which my lips know they will speak sincerely.
The Spirit of God has made me, Job 32:8Gen 2:7Job 27:31Co 15:45Job 10:12Psa 33:6Rom 8:2Job 10:3
and the breath of the Almighty gives me life.
If you can, answer me. Job 33:32-33Act 10:26Job 13:18Job 23:4-5Job 32:1Job 32:12Job 32:14Psa 50:21
Set your words in order before me, and stand up.
Behold, I am toward God even as you are. Job 4:192Co 5:1Job 10:92Co 5:20Exo 4:16Gen 2:7Gen 3:19Gen 30:2
I am also formed out of the clay.
Behold, my terror will not make you afraid, Job 13:21Job 9:34Psa 32:4Psa 88:16
neither will my pressure be heavy on you.
“Surely you have spoken in my hearing, Deu 13:14Jer 29:23
I have heard the voice of your words, saying,
‘I am clean, without disobedience. Job 10:7Job 16:17Job 11:4Job 9:21Job 29:14Jer 2:35Job 13:18Job 13:23
I am innocent, neither is there iniquity in me.
Behold, he finds occasions against me. Job 13:24-25Job 19:11Job 10:15-17Job 14:16Job 16:9Job 30:21Job 31:35Job 34:5
He counts me for his enemy.
He puts my feet in the stocks. Job 13:27Job 31:4Act 16:24Dan 4:35Jer 20:2Job 14:16Psa 105:18
He marks all my paths.’
“Behold, I will answer you. In this you are not just, Ezk 18:25Job 36:5Ecc 7:20Jer 18:6Job 1:22Job 26:14Job 32:17Job 34:10-12
for God is greater than man.
Why do you strive against him, Job 40:2Isa 45:9Dan 4:35Rom 11:341Co 10:22Act 1:7Act 5:39Act 9:4-5
because he doesn’t give account of any of his matters?
For God speaks once, Pro 1:242Ch 33:10Psa 62:11Job 33:29Luk 24:25Jhn 3:19Isa 6:9Mat 13:14
yes twice, though man pays no attention.
In a dream, in a vision of the night, Num 12:6Job 4:13Gen 20:3Gen 31:24Dan 4:5Dan 8:18Jer 23:28Gen 15:12
when deep sleep falls on men,
in slumbering on the bed,
then he opens the ears of men, Job 36:10Job 36:15Psa 40:6Isa 50:5Act 16:14Isa 6:10Luk 24:452Sa 7:27
and seals their instruction,
that he may withdraw man from his purpose, Isa 2:11Jas 4:102Ch 32:252Co 12:7Gen 20:6Job 17:11Mat 27:19Act 9:2-6
and hide pride from man.
He keeps back his soul from the pit, Job 33:28Job 33:302Pe 3:9Rom 2:4Job 15:22Job 33:22Job 33:242Pe 3:15
and his life from perishing by the sword.
“He is chastened also with pain on his bed, Job 30:17Job 5:17-181Co 11:32Psa 119:71Psa 94:122Ch 16:102Ch 16:12Deu 8:5
with continual strife in his bones,
so that his life abhors bread, Job 3:24Psa 107:17-18Amo 5:11Gen 3:6Jer 3:19
and his soul dainty food.
His flesh is so consumed away that it can’t be seen. Job 19:20Job 13:28Job 7:5Pro 5:11Job 14:20Job 14:22Job 16:8Psa 102:3-5
His bones that were not seen stick out.
Yes, his soul draws near to the pit, 2Sa 24:16Job 33:281Co 10:101Sa 2:6Act 12:23Exo 12:23Isa 38:10Job 15:21
and his life to the destroyers.
“If there is beside him an angel, Mal 3:12Co 5:20Ecc 7:28Hag 1:13Mal 2:7Dan 9:14Ezk 18:25-28Heb 12:5-12
an interpreter, one among a thousand,
to show to man what is right for him,
then God is gracious to him, and says, Psa 49:7-81Pe 1:18-19Job 33:18Mat 20:281Ti 2:6Exo 33:19Hos 14:4Job 22:21
‘Deliver him from going down to the pit,
I have found a ransom.’
His flesh will be fresher than a child’s. Psa 103:52Ki 5:14Jos 14:10-11Deu 34:7Job 42:16Hos 2:15
He returns to the days of his youth.
He prays to God, and he is favorable to him, Psa 50:15Psa 30:5Act 2:28Act 9:11Isa 30:19Heb 11:26Jer 33:3Jud 1:24
so that he sees his face with joy.
He restores to man his righteousness.
He sings before men, and says, Rom 6:212Sa 12:13Psa 14:21Jn 1:8-10Jer 31:18-19Mat 16:26Rom 7:222Ch 16:9
‘I have sinned, and perverted that which was right,
and it didn’t profit me.
He has redeemed my soul from going into the pit. Job 33:24Job 3:16Job 3:9Job 33:22Isa 38:17-18Isa 9:2Jhn 11:9Job 17:16
My life will see the light.’
“Behold, God does all these things, 1Co 12:6Eph 1:11Php 2:132Co 5:5Heb 13:212Ki 6:10Col 1:29Job 33:14-17
twice, yes three times, with a man,
to bring back his soul from the pit, Psa 56:13Isa 38:17Job 33:28Psa 40:1-2Act 26:18Isa 2:5Jhn 8:12Job 33:24
that he may be enlightened with the light of the living.
Mark well, Job, and listen to me. Job 18:2Job 13:6Job 21:2Job 32:11
Hold your peace, and I will speak.
If you have anything to say, answer me. Job 15:4-5Job 21:27Job 22:5-9Job 27:5
Speak, for I desire to justify you.
If not, listen to me. Psa 34:11Job 33:3Pro 4:1-2Pro 5:1-2Pro 8:5Psa 49:3
Hold your peace, and I will teach you wisdom.”