1 So now, O Job, hear my discourse, listen to everything I say.
2 My words are on the tip of my tongue,
3 words from an upright heart, words full of knowledge and sincerity.
4 The Spirit of God has made me; the breath of the Almighty keeps me alive.
5 Answer me if you can; draw up your arguments and take your stand.
6 Like yourself, I too have been taken by God from the same clay.
7 Thus no fear of me need alarm you, nor should my presence lie heavy on you.
8 But I heard what you said, none of your words escaped my hearing:
9 "I am clean and without sin; I am innocent, guiltless.
10 Yet God has found fault with me and considers me his enemy;
11 he shackles my feet, keeps watch of all my paths."
12 I tell you, you are wrong in this, for greater than man is God.
13 Why then do you complain that he will answer none of your words?
14 See God gives a warning but does not repeat it a second time.
15 In a dream, in a night vision, when deep sleep falls on men, while they slumber in their beds,
16 it is then he opens the ears of men and gives warning by terrifying them.
17 So he turns man from wrongdoing and keeps him away from pride,
18 God preserves his soul from the pit, his life from perishing by the sword.
19 Man is also chastened on his bed by pain and constant distress upon his frame,
20 so that he finds food repulsive, even the choicest meal loathsome.
21 His flesh wastes away to naught; his bones, once unseen, now protrude.
22 His soul draws near to the pit, and his life to the place of death.
23 Yet if there is an angel by his side - a mediator, one in a thousand - to show him what is right for man, to give him justice once again,
24 God will have mercy on him and say, "Deliver him from going down to the pit; I have found for him a ransom."
25 Then his flesh will be renewed as a child's, restored as in the days of his youth.
26 He will pray and find favor with God; he will see God's face and rejoice.
27 He will witness to men and say, "I sinned and perverted what was right, but I was not punished as I deserved.
28 He rescued my soul from going down into the pit, and gave me life to enjoy the light."
29 God does all this to man - twice, even thrice -
30 to turn him back from the pit, to lead him with the light of life.
31 Pay attention, Job, listen to me; be silent, and I will continue to speak.
32 But if you have anything to say, say it then; speak up, for I wish to see you justified.
33 If not, then do listen; be silent as 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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