1 Therefore, O Job, hear my discourse, and hearken to all my words.
2 Behold, now I open my mouth; my tongue and my voice form words.
3 I will state directly what is in my mind, my lips shall utter knowledge sincerely;
4 For the spirit of God has made me, the breath of the Almighty keeps me alive.
5 If you are able, refute me; draw up your arguments and stand forth.
6 Behold I, like yourself, have been taken from the same clay by God.
7 Therefore no fear of me should dismay you, nor should my presence weigh heavily upon you.
8 But you have said in my hearing, as I listened to the sound of your words:
9 "I am clean and without transgression; I am innocent; there is no guilt in me.
10 Yet he invents pretexts against me and reckons me as his enemy.
11 He puts my feet in the stocks; he watches all my ways!"
12 In this you are not just, let me tell you; for God is greater than man.
13 Why, then, do you make complaint against him that he gives no account of his doings?
14 For God does speak, perhaps once, or even twice, though one perceive it not.
15 In a dream, in a vision of the night, (when deep sleep falls upon men) as they slumber in their beds,
16 It is then he opens the ears of men and as a warning to them, terrifies them;
17 By turning man from evil and keeping pride away from him,
18 He withholds his soul from the pit and his life from passing to the grave.
19 Or a man is chastened on his bed by pain and unceasing suffering within his frame,
20 So that to his appetite food becomes repulsive, and his senses reject the choicest nourishment.
21 His flesh is wasted so that it cannot be seen, and his bones, once invisible, appear;
22 His soul draws near to the pit, his life to the place of the dead.
23 If then there be for him an angel, one out of a thousand, a mediator, To show him what is right for him and bring the man back to justice,
24 He will take pity on him and say, "Deliver him from going down to the pit; I have found him a ransom."
25 Then his flesh shall become soft as a boy's; he shall be again as in the days of his youth.
26 He shall pray and God will favor him; he shall see God's face with rejoicing.
27 He shall sing before men and say, "I sinned and did wrong, yet he has not punished me accordingly.
28 He delivered my soul from passing to the pit, and I behold the light of life."
29 Lo, all these things God does, twice, or thrice, for a man,
30 Bringing back his soul from the pit to the light, in the land of the living.
31 Be attentive, O Job; listen to me! Be silent and I will speak.
32 If you have aught to say, then answer me. Speak out! I should like to see you justified.
33 If not, then do you listen to me; be silent while I teach you wisdom.
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Job 33 is a chapter in which Eliú, one of Job's friends, makes a speech defending God's righteousness and questioning Job's statements about his innocence. Eliú claims that God speaks in various ways to men and that Job should pay attention to these forms of divine communication. Based on this, the selected verses have to do with God's communication with men and the importance of listening and obeying their voice.
Psalm 32:8: "I will instruct you and teach you the way you must follow; I will guide you with my eyes." This verse highlights the importance of God as a guide and instructor, just as Eliú suggests that Job must hear the voice of God.
John 10:27: "My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me." Jesus uses the image of sheep listening and following the pastor's voice to show how his followers must hear and obey him.
Proverbs 3:6: "Recognizes him in all your ways, and he will straighten your paths." This verse highlights the importance of recognizing God in all aspects of life and following the path He defines.
Isaiah 30:21: "And thy ears will hear the word of what is behind you, saying, This is the way, walk in it, without deviating you to the right or left." This verse talks about the voice of God by guiding people on their way and how they should pay attention to listening to it.
Hebrews 12:25: "See that you do not reject to what it speaks; for if they did not escape those who rejected what warned them on earth, much less we escape, if we deviate from that of heaven." This verse highlights the importance of listening and obeying the voice of God, warning that the rejection of his message has negative consequences.
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