nkjv Job:33-34
nkjv@Job:33:1 @ "But please, Job, hear my speech, And listen to all my words.
nkjv@Job:33:2 @ Now, I open my mouth; My tongue speaks in my mouth.
nkjv@Job:33:3 @ My words come from my upright heart; My lips utter pure knowledge.
nkjv@Job:33:4 @ The Spirit of God has made me, And the breath of the Almighty gives me life.
nkjv@Job:33:5 @ If you can answer me, Set your words in order before me; Take your stand.
nkjv@Job:33:6 @ Truly I am as your spokesman before God; I also have been formed out of clay.
nkjv@Job:33:7 @ Surely no fear of me will terrify you, Nor will my hand be heavy on you.
nkjv@Job:33:8 @ "Surely you have spoken in my hearing, And I have heard the sound of your words, saying,
nkjv@Job:33:9 @ "I am pure, without transgression; I am innocent, and there is no iniquity in me.
nkjv@Job:33:10 @ Yet He finds occasions against me, He counts me as His enemy;
nkjv@Job:33:11 @ He puts my feet in the stocks, He watches all my paths.'
nkjv@Job:33:12 @ "Look, in this you are not righteous. I will answer you, For God is greater than man.
nkjv@Job:33:13 @ Why do you contend with Him? For He does not give an accounting of any of His words.
nkjv@Job:33:14 @ For God may speak in one way, or in another, Yet man does not perceive it.
nkjv@Job:33:15 @ In a dream, in a vision of the night, When deep sleep falls upon men, While slumbering on their beds,
nkjv@Job:33:16 @ Then He opens the ears of men, And seals their instruction.
nkjv@Job:33:17 @ In order to turn man from his deed, And conceal pride from man,
nkjv@Job:33:18 @ He keeps back his soul from the Pit, And his life from perishing by the sword.
nkjv@Job:33:19 @ "Man is also chastened with pain on his bed, And with strong pain in many of his bones,
nkjv@Job:33:20 @ So that his life abhors bread, And his soul succulent food.
nkjv@Job:33:21 @ His flesh wastes away from sight, And his bones stick out which once were not seen.
nkjv@Job:33:22 @ Yes, his soul draws near the Pit, And his life to the executioners.
nkjv@Job:33:23 @ "If there is a messenger for him, A mediator, one among a thousand, To show man His uprightness,
nkjv@Job:33:24 @ Then He is gracious to him, and says, "Deliver him from going down to the Pit; I have found a ransom';
nkjv@Job:33:25 @ His flesh shall be young like a child's, He shall return to the days of his youth.
nkjv@Job:33:26 @ He shall pray to God, and He will delight in him, He shall see His face with joy, For He restores to man His righteousness.
nkjv@Job:33:27 @ Then he looks at men and says, "I have sinned, and perverted what was right, And it did not profit me.'
nkjv@Job:33:28 @ He will redeem his soul from going down to the Pit, And his life shall see the light.
nkjv@Job:33:29 @ "Behold, God works all these things, Twice, in fact, three times with a man,
nkjv@Job:33:30 @ To bring back his soul from the Pit, That he may be enlightened with the light of life.
nkjv@Job:33:31 @ "Give ear, Job, listen to me; Hold your peace, and I will speak.
nkjv@Job:33:32 @ If you have anything to say, answer me; Speak, for I desire to justify you.
nkjv@Job:33:33 @ If not, listen to me; Hold your peace, and I will teach you wisdom."
nkjv@Job:34:1 @ Elihu further answered and said:
nkjv@Job:34:2 @ "Hear my words, you wise men; Give ear to me, you who have knowledge.
nkjv@Job:34:3 @ For the ear tests words As the palate tastes food.
nkjv@Job:34:4 @ Let us choose justice for ourselves; Let us know among ourselves what is good.
nkjv@Job:34:5 @ "For Job has said, "I am righteous, But God has taken away my justice;
nkjv@Job:34:6 @ Should I lie concerning my right? My wound is incurable, though I am without transgression.'
nkjv@Job:34:7 @ What man is like Job, Who drinks scorn like water,
nkjv@Job:34:8 @ Who goes in company with the workers of iniquity, And walks with wicked men?
nkjv@Job:34:9 @ For he has said, "It profits a man nothing That he should delight in God.'
nkjv@Job:34:10 @ "Therefore listen to me, you men of understanding: Far be it from God to do wickedness, And from the Almighty to commit iniquity.
nkjv@Job:34:11 @ For He repays man according to his work, And makes man to find a reward according to his way.
nkjv@Job:34:12 @ Surely God will never do wickedly, Nor will the Almighty pervert justice.
nkjv@Job:34:13 @ Who gave Him charge over the earth? Or who appointed Him over the whole world?
nkjv@Job:34:14 @ If He should set His heart on it, If He should gather to Himself His Spirit and His breath,
nkjv@Job:34:15 @ All flesh would perish together, And man would return to dust.
nkjv@Job:34:16 @ "If you have understanding, hear this; Listen to the sound of my words:
nkjv@Job:34:17 @ Should one who hates justice govern? Will you condemn Him who is most just?
nkjv@Job:34:18 @ Is it fitting to say to a king, "You are worthless,' And to nobles, "You are wicked'?
nkjv@Job:34:19 @ Yet He is not partial to princes, Nor does He regard the rich more than the poor; For they are all the work of His hands.
nkjv@Job:34:20 @ In a moment they die, in the middle of the night; The people are shaken and pass away; The mighty are taken away without a hand.
nkjv@Job:34:21 @ "For His eyes are on the ways of man, And He sees all his steps.
nkjv@Job:34:22 @ There is no darkness nor shadow of death Where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.
nkjv@Job:34:23 @ For He need not further consider a man, That he should go before God in judgment.
nkjv@Job:34:24 @ He breaks in pieces mighty men without inquiry, And sets others in their place.
nkjv@Job:34:25 @ Therefore He knows their works; He overthrows them in the night, And they are crushed.
nkjv@Job:34:26 @ He strikes them as wicked men In the open sight of others,
nkjv@Job:34:27 @ Because they turned back from Him, And would not consider any of His ways,
nkjv@Job:34:28 @ So that they caused the cry of the poor to come to Him; For He hears the cry of the afflicted.
nkjv@Job:34:29 @ When He gives quietness, who then can make trouble? And when He hides His face, who then can see Him, Whether it is against a nation or a man alone?--
nkjv@Job:34:30 @ That the hypocrite should not reign, Lest the people be ensnared.
nkjv@Job:34:31 @ "For has anyone said to God, "I have borne chastening; I will offend no more;
nkjv@Job:34:32 @ Teach me what I do not see; If I have done iniquity, I will do no more'?
nkjv@Job:34:33 @ Should He repay it according to your terms, Just because you disavow it? You must choose, and not I; Therefore speak what you know.
nkjv@Job:34:34 @ "Men of understanding say to me, Wise men who listen to me:
nkjv@Job:34:35 @ "Job speaks without knowledge, His words are without wisdom.'
nkjv@Job:34:36 @ Oh, that Job were tried to the utmost, Because his answers are like those of wicked men!
nkjv@Job:34:37 @ For he adds rebellion to his sin; He claps his hands among us, And multiplies his words against God."
nkjv@Job:35:1 @ Moreover Elihu answered and said: