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valign="top">New King James Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/nkjv/kjv/job/33.shtml" style=color:#001320 title=Parallel Chapters> Par ▾ </a></td></tr></table></div><div class="chap"> <h3>Elihu Contradicts Job</span></h3><div class="poetry"><p class="line"><span class="chapter-2"><span class="text Job-33-1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/33-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>“But please, Job, hear my speech,</span></span><br /><span class="text Job-33-1">And listen to all my words.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/33-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Now, I open my mouth;</span><br /><span class="text Job-33-2">My tongue speaks in my mouth.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/33-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>My words <i>come</i> from my upright heart;</span><br /><span class="text Job-33-3">My lips utter pure knowledge.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/33-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>The Spirit of God has made me,</span><br /><span class="text Job-33-4">And the breath of the Almighty gives me life.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/33-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>If you can answer me,</span><br /><span class="text Job-33-5">Set <i>your words</i> in order before me;</span><br /><span class="text Job-33-5">Take your stand.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/33-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Truly I <i>am</i> <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[a]</a></span>as your spokesman before God;</span><br /><span class="text Job-33-6">I also have been formed out of clay.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/33-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Surely no fear of me will terrify you,</span><br /><span class="text Job-33-7">Nor will my hand be heavy on you.</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/33-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>“Surely you have spoken <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[b]</a></span>in my hearing,</span><br /><span class="text Job-33-8">And I have heard the sound of <i>your</i> words, <i>saying,</i></span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/33-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>‘I <i>am</i> pure, without transgression;</span><br /><span class="text Job-33-9">I <i>am</i> innocent, and <i>there is</i> no iniquity in me.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/33-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Yet He finds occasions against me,</span><br /><span class="text Job-33-10">He counts me as His enemy;</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/33-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>He puts my feet in the stocks,</span><br /><span class="text Job-33-11">He watches all my paths.’</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/33-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>“Look, <i>in</i> this you are not righteous.</span><br /><span class="text Job-33-12">I will answer you,</span><br /><span class="text Job-33-12">For God is greater than man.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/33-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Why do you contend with Him?</span><br /><span class="text Job-33-13">For He does not give an accounting of any of His words.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/33-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>For God may speak in one way, or in another,</span><br /><span class="text Job-33-14"><i>Yet man</i> does not perceive it.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/33-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>In a dream, in a vision of the night,</span><br /><span class="text Job-33-15">When deep sleep falls upon men,</span><br /><span class="text Job-33-15">While slumbering on their beds,</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/33-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Then He opens the ears of men,</span><br /><span class="text Job-33-16">And seals their instruction.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/33-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>In order to turn man <i>from his</i> deed,</span><br /><span class="text Job-33-17">And conceal pride from man,</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/33-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>He keeps back his soul from the Pit,</span><br /><span class="text Job-33-18">And his life from <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[c]</a></span>perishing by the sword.</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/33-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>“<i>Man</i> is also chastened with pain on his bed,</span><br /><span class="text Job-33-19">And with strong <i>pain</i> in many of his bones,</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/33-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>So that his life abhors bread,</span><br /><span class="text Job-33-20">And his soul <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[d]</a></span>succulent food.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/33-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>His flesh wastes away from sight,</span><br /><span class="text Job-33-21">And his bones stick out <i>which once</i> were not seen.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/33-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Yes, his soul draws near the Pit,</span><br /><span class="text Job-33-22">And his life to the executioners.</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/33-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>“If there is a messenger for him,</span><br /><span class="text Job-33-23">A mediator, one among a thousand,</span><br /><span class="text Job-33-23">To show man His uprightness,</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/33-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>Then He is gracious to him, and says,</span><br /><span class="text Job-33-24">‘Deliver him from going down to the Pit;</span><br /><span class="text Job-33-24">I have found <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[e]</a></span>a ransom’;</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/33-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>His flesh shall be young like a child’s,</span><br /><span class="text Job-33-25">He shall return to the days of his youth.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/33-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>He shall pray to God, and He will delight in him,</span><br /><span class="text Job-33-26">He shall see His face with joy,</span><br /><span class="text Job-33-26">For He restores to man His righteousness.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/33-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>Then he looks at men and says,</span><br /><span class="text Job-33-27">‘I have sinned, and perverted <i>what was</i> right,</span><br /><span class="text Job-33-27">And it did not profit me.’</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/33-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>He will redeem <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[f]</a></span>his soul from going down to the Pit,</span><br /><span class="text Job-33-28">And his life shall see the light.</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/33-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>“Behold, God works all these <i>things,</i></span><br /><span class="text Job-33-29">Twice, <i>in fact,</i> three <i>times</i> with a man,</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/33-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>To bring back his soul from the Pit,</span><br /><span class="text Job-33-30">That he may be enlightened with the light of life.</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/33-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>“Give ear, Job, listen to me;</span><br /><span class="text Job-33-31">Hold your peace, and I will speak.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/33-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>If you have anything to say, answer me;</span><br /><span class="text Job-33-32">Speak, for I desire to justify you.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/33-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>If not, listen to me;</span><br /><span class="text Job-33-33"><span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[g]</a></span>Hold your peace, and I will teach you wisdom.”</span></p></div> <A name="footnotes"></a><div class="footnotes"><h4>Footnotes:</h4><ol><li id="fen-NKJV-13657a"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Job 33:6">Job 33:6</span> <span class='footnote-text'>Lit. <i>as your mouth</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-13659b"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Job 33:8">Job 33:8</span> <span class='footnote-text'>Lit. <i>in my ears</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-13669c"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Job 33:18">Job 33:18</span> <span class='footnote-text'>Lit. <i>passing</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-13671d"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Job 33:20">Job 33:20</span> <span class='footnote-text'><i>desirable</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-13675e"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Job 33:24">Job 33:24</span> <span class='footnote-text'><i>an atonement</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-13679f"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Job 33:28">Job 33:28</span> <span class='footnote-text'>Kt. <i>my</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-13684g"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Job 33:33">Job 33:33</span> <span class='footnote-text'><i>Keep silent</i></span></li></ol></div> <!--end of footnotes--></span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Holy Bible, New King James Version, Copyright © 1982 Thomas Nelson. 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