New American Standard Bible 1995 | Berean Study Bible |
1"However now, Job, please hear my speech, And listen to all my words. | 1“But now, O Job, hear my speech, and listen to all my words. |
2"Behold now, I open my mouth, My tongue in my mouth speaks. | 2Behold, I will open my mouth; my address is on the tip of my tongue. |
3"My words are from the uprightness of my heart, And my lips speak knowledge sincerely. | 3My words are from an upright heart, and my lips speak sincerely what I know. |
4"The Spirit of God has made me, And the breath of the Almighty gives me life. | 4The Spirit of God has made me, and the breath of the Almighty gives me life. |
5"Refute me if you can; Array yourselves before me, take your stand. | 5Refute me if you can; prepare your case and confront me. |
6"Behold, I belong to God like you; I too have been formed out of the clay. | 6I am just like you before God; I was also formed from clay. |
7"Behold, no fear of me should terrify you, Nor should my pressure weigh heavily on you. | 7Surely no fear of me should terrify you; nor will my hand be heavy upon you. |
8"Surely you have spoken in my hearing, And I have heard the sound of your words: | 8Surely you have spoken in my hearing, and I have heard these very words: |
9'I am pure, without transgression; I am innocent and there is no guilt in me. | 9‘I am pure, without transgression; I am clean, with no iniquity in me. |
10'Behold, He invents pretexts against me; He counts me as His enemy. | 10Yet God finds occasions against me; He counts me as His enemy. |
11'He puts my feet in the stocks; He watches all my paths.' | 11He puts my feet in the stocks; He watches over all my paths.’ |
12"Behold, let me tell you, you are not right in this, For God is greater than man. | 12Behold, you are not right in this matter. I will answer you, for God is greater than man. |
13"Why do you complain against Him That He does not give an account of all His doings? | 13Why do you complain to Him that He answers nothing a man asks? |
14"Indeed God speaks once, Or twice, yet no one notices it. | 14For God speaks in one way and in another, yet no one notices. |
15"In a dream, a vision of the night, When sound sleep falls on men, While they slumber in their beds, | 15In a dream, in a vision in the night, when deep sleep falls upon men as they slumber on their beds, |
16Then He opens the ears of men, And seals their instruction, | 16He opens their ears and terrifies them with warnings |
17That He may turn man aside from his conduct, And keep man from pride; | 17to turn a man from wrongdoing and keep him from pride, |
18He keeps back his soul from the pit, And his life from passing over into Sheol. | 18to preserve his soul from the Pit and his life from perishing by the sword. |
19"Man is also chastened with pain on his bed, And with unceasing complaint in his bones; | 19A man is also chastened on his bed with pain and constant distress in his bones, |
20So that his life loathes bread, And his soul favorite food. | 20so that he detests his bread, and his soul loathes his favorite food. |
21"His flesh wastes away from sight, And his bones which were not seen stick out. | 21His flesh wastes away from sight, and his hidden bones protrude. |
22"Then his soul draws near to the pit, And his life to those who bring death. | 22He draws near to the Pit, and his life to the messengers of death. |
23"If there is an angel as mediator for him, One out of a thousand, To remind a man what is right for him, | 23Yet if there is a messenger on his side, one mediator in a thousand, to tell a man what is right for him, |
24Then let him be gracious to him, and say, 'Deliver him from going down to the pit, I have found a ransom'; | 24to be gracious to him and say, ‘Spare him from going down to the Pit; I have found his ransom,’ |
25Let his flesh become fresher than in youth, Let him return to the days of his youthful vigor; | 25then his flesh is refreshed like a child’s; he returns to the days of his youth. |
26Then he will pray to God, and He will accept him, That he may see His face with joy, And He may restore His righteousness to man. | 26He prays to God and finds favor; he sees God’s face and shouts for joy, and God restores His righteousness to that man. |
27"He will sing to men and say, 'I have sinned and perverted what is right, And it is not proper for me. | 27Then he sings before men with these words: ‘I have sinned and perverted what was right; yet I did not get what I deserved. |
28'He has redeemed my soul from going to the pit, And my life shall see the light.' | 28He redeemed my soul from going down to the Pit, and I will live to see the light.’ |
29"Behold, God does all these oftentimes with men, | 29Behold, all these things God does to a man, two or even three times, |
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, that he may be enlightened with the light of life. |
31"Pay attention, O Job, listen to me; Keep silent, and let me speak. | 31Pay attention, Job, and listen to me; be silent, and I will speak. |
32"Then if you have anything to say, answer me; Speak, for I desire to justify you. | 32But if you have something to say, answer me; speak up, for I would like to vindicate you. |
33"If not, listen to me; Keep silent, and I will teach you wisdom." | 33But if not, then listen to me; be quiet, and I will teach you wisdom.” |
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