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Job 33:1
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And yet, I pray thee, O Job, Hear my speech and [to] all my words give ear.
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Job 33:2
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Lo, I pray thee, I have opened my mouth, My tongue hath spoken in the palate.
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Job 33:3
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Of the uprightness of my heart [are] my sayings, And knowledge have my lips clearly spoken.
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Job 33:4
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The Spirit of God hath made me, And the breath of the Mighty doth quicken me.
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Job 33:5
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If thou art able -- answer me, Set in array before me -- station thyself.
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Job 33:6
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Lo, I [am], according to thy word, for God, From the clay I -- I also, have been formed.
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Job 33:7
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Lo, my terror doth not frighten thee, And my burden on thee is not heavy.
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Job 33:8
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Surely -- thou hast said in mine ears, And the sounds of words I hear:
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Job 33:9
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`Pure [am] I, without transgression, Innocent [am] I, and I have no iniquity.
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Job 33:10
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Lo, occasions against me He doth find, He doth reckon me for an enemy to Him,
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Job 33:11
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He doth put in the stocks my feet, He doth watch all my paths.'
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Job 33:12
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Lo, [in] this thou hast not been righteous, I answer thee, that greater is God than man.
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Job 33:13
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Wherefore against Him hast thou striven, When [for] all His matters He answereth not?
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Job 33:14
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For once doth God speak, and twice, (He doth not behold it.)
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Job 33:15
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In a dream -- a vision of night, In the falling of deep sleep on men, In slumberings on a bed.
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Job 33:16
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Then He uncovereth the ear of men, And for their instruction sealeth:
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Job 33:17
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To turn aside man [from] doing, And pride from man He concealeth.
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Job 33:18
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He keepeth back his soul from corruption, And his life from passing away by a dart.
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Job 33:19
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And he hath been reproved With pain on his bed, And the strife of his bones [is] enduring.
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Job 33:20
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And his life hath nauseated bread, And his soul desirable food.
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Job 33:21
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His flesh is consumed from being seen, And high are his bones, they were not seen!
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Job 33:22
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And draw near to the pit doth his soul, And his life to those causing death.
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Job 33:23
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If there is by him a messenger, An interpreter -- one of a thousand, To declare for man his uprightness:
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Job 33:24
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Then He doth favour him and saith, `Ransom him from going down to the pit, I have found an atonement.'
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Job 33:25
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Fresher [is] his flesh than a child's, He returneth to the days of his youth.
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Job 33:26
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He maketh supplication unto God, And He accepteth him. And he seeth His face with shouting, And He returneth to man His righteousness.
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Job 33:27
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He looketh on men, and saith, `I sinned, And uprightness I have perverted, And it hath not been profitable to me.
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Job 33:28
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He hath ransomed my soul From going over into the pit, And my life on the light looketh.'
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Job 33:29
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Lo, all these doth God work, Twice -- thrice with man,
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Job 33:30
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To bring back his soul from the pit, To be enlightened with the light of the living.
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Job 33:31
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Attend, O Job, hearken to me, Keep silent, and I -- I do speak.
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Job 33:32
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If there are words -- answer me, Speak, for I have a desire to justify thee.
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Job 33:33
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If there are not -- hearken thou to me, Keep silent, and I teach thee wisdom.
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