Job 33
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)Translation
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)
World English Bible
1Hear therefore, O Job, my speeches, and hearken to all my words.
1“However, Job, please hear my speech, and listen to all my words.
2Behold now I have opened my mouth, let my tongue speak within my jaws.
2See now, I have opened my mouth. My tongue has spoken in my mouth.
3My words are from my upright heart, and my lips shall speak a pure sentence.
3My words will utter the uprightness of my heart. That which my lips know they will speak sincerely.
4The spirit of God made me, and the breath of the Almighty gave me life.
4The Spirit of God has made me, and the breath of the Almighty gives me life.
5If thou canst, answer me, and stand up against my face.
5If you can, answer me. Set your words in order before me, and stand up.
6Behold God hath made me as well as thee, and of the same clay I also was formed.
6Behold, I am toward God even as you are. I am also formed out of the clay.
7But yet let not my wonder terrify thee, and let not my eloquence be burdensome to thee.
7Behold, my terror will not make you afraid, neither will my pressure be heavy on you.
8Now thou has said in my hearing, and I have heard the voice of thy words:
8“Surely you have spoken in my hearing, I have heard the voice of your words, saying,
9I am clean, and without sin: I am unspotted, and there is no iniquity in me.
9‘I am clean, without disobedience. I am innocent, neither is there iniquity in me.
10Because he hath found complaints against me, therefore he hath counted me for his enemy.
10Behold, he finds occasions against me. He counts me for his enemy.
11He hath put my feet in the stocks, he hath observed all my paths.
11He puts my feet in the stocks. He marks all my paths.’
12Now this is the thing in which thou art not justified: I will answer thee, that God is greater than man.
12“Behold, I will answer you. In this you are not just, for God is greater than man.
13Dost thou strive against him, because he hath not answered thee to all words?
13Why do you strive against him, because he doesn’t give account of any of his matters?
14God speaketh once, and repeateth not the selfsame thing the second time.
14For God speaks once, yes twice, though man pays no attention.
15By a dream in a vision by night, when deep sleep falleth upon men, and they are sleeping in their beds:
15In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falls on men, in slumbering on the bed,
16Then he openeth the ears of men, and teaching instructeth them in what they are to learn.
16then he opens the ears of men, and seals their instruction,
17That he may withdraw a man from the things he is doing, and may deliver him from pride.
17that he may withdraw man from his purpose, and hide pride from man.
18Rescuing his soul from corruption: and his life from passing to the sword.
18He keeps back his soul from the pit, and his life from perishing by the sword.
19He rebuketh also by sorrow in the bed, and he maketh all his bones to wither.
19“He is chastened also with pain on his bed, with continual strife in his bones,
20Bread becometh abominable to him in his life, and to his soul the meat which before he desired.
20so that his life abhors bread, and his soul dainty food.
21His flesh shall be consumed away, and his bones that were covered shall be made bare.
21His flesh is so consumed away that it can’t be seen. His bones that were not seen stick out.
22His soul hath drawn near to corruption, and his life to the destroyers.
22Yes, his soul draws near to the pit, and his life to the destroyers.
23If there shall be an angel speaking for him, one among thousands, to declare man’s uprightness,
23“If there is beside him an angel, an interpreter, one among a thousand, to show to man what is right for him,
24He shall have mercy on him, and shall say: Deliver him, that he may not go down to corruption: I have found wherein I may be merciful to him.
24then God is gracious to him, and says, ‘Deliver him from going down to the pit, I have found a ransom.’
25His flesh is consumed with punishment, let him return to the days of his youth.
25His flesh will be fresher than a child’s. He returns to the days of his youth.
26He shall pray to God, and he will be gracious to him: and he shall see his face with joy, and he will render to man his justice.
26He prays to God, and he is favorable to him, so that he sees his face with joy. He restores to man his righteousness.
27He shall look upon men, and shall say: I have sinned, and indeed I have offended, and I have not received what I have deserved.
27He sings before men, and says, ‘I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, and it didn’t profit me.
28He hath delivered his soul from going into destruction, that it may live and see the light.
28He has redeemed my soul from going into the pit. My life will see the light.’
29Behold, all these things God worketh three times within every one.
29“Behold, God does all these things, twice, yes three times, with a man,
30That he may withdraw their souls from corruption, and enlighten them with the light of the living.
30to bring back his soul from the pit, that he may be enlightened with the light of the living.
31Attend, Job, and hearken to me: and hold thy peace, whilst I speak.
31Mark well, Job, and listen to me. Hold your peace, and I will speak.
32But if thou hast any thing to say, answer me, speak: for I would have thee to appear just.
32If you have anything to say, answer me. Speak, for I desire to justify you.
33And if thou have not, hear me: hold thy peace, and I will teach thee wisdom.
33If not, listen to me. Hold your peace, and I will teach you wisdom.”
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