Job 33:1

AMP: “However, Job, please listen to my words,And pay attention to everything I say.

ASV: Howbeit, Job, I pray thee, hear my speech, And hearken to all my words.

BSB: “But now, O Job, hear my speech,and listen to all my words.

DARBY: Howbeit, Job, I pray thee, hear mine utterances, and hearken to all my words.

DRA: Hear therefore, O Job, my speeches, and hearken to all my words.

KJV: Wherefore, Job, I pray thee, hear my speeches, and hearken to all my words.

Job 33:2

AMP: “Behold, I have opened my mouth [to begin my speech];My tongue in my mouth is going to speak.

ASV: Behold now, I have opened my mouth; My tongue hath spoken in my mouth.

BSB: Behold, I will open my mouth;my address is on the tip of my tongue.

DARBY: Behold now, I have opened my mouth, my tongue speaketh in my palate,

DRA: Behold now I have opened my mouth, let my tongue speak within my jaws.

KJV: Behold, now I have opened my mouth, my tongue hath spoken in my mouth.

Job 33:3

AMP: “My words will express the uprightness of my heart,And my lips will speak what they know with utter sincerity.

ASV: My words [shall utter] the uprightness of my heart; And that which my lips know they shall speak sincerely.

BSB: My words are from an upright heart,and my lips speak sincerely what I know.

DARBY: My words shall be of the uprightness of my heart, and my lips shall utter knowledge purely.

DRA: My words are from my upright heart, and my lips shall speak a pure sentence.

KJV: My words shall be of the uprightness of my heart: and my lips shall utter knowledge clearly.

Job 33:4

AMP: “The Spirit of God has made me,And the breath of the Almighty gives me life [which inspires me].

ASV: The Spirit of God hath made me, And the breath of the Almighty giveth me life.

BSB: The Spirit of God has made me,and the breath of the Almighty gives me life.

DARBY: The Spirit of God hath made me, and the breath of the Almighty hath given me life.

DRA: The spirit of God made me, and the breath of the Almighty gave me life.

KJV: The Spirit of God hath made me, and the breath of the Almighty hath given me life.

Job 33:5

AMP: “Answer me, if you can;Set yourselves before me, take your stand.

ASV: If thou canst, answer thou me; Set [thy words] in order before me, stand forth.

BSB: Refute me if you can;prepare your case and confront me.

DARBY: If thou canst, answer me; array [thy words] before me: take thy stand.

DRA: If thou canst, answer me, and stand up against my face.

KJV: If thou canst answer me, set thy words in order before me, stand up.

Job 33:6

AMP: “Behold, I belong to God like you;I too was formed out of the clay.

ASV: Behold, I am toward God even as thou art: I also am formed out of the clay.

BSB: I am just like you before God;I was also formed from clay.

DARBY: Behold, before God I am as thou; I also am formed out of the clay.

DRA: Behold God hath made me as well as thee, and of the same clay I also was formed.

KJV: Behold, I am according to thy wish in God’s stead: I also am formed out of the clay.

Job 33:7

AMP: “Behold, I will not make you afraid or terrified of me [for I am only mortal and not God],Nor should any pressure from me weigh heavily upon you.

ASV: Behold, my terror shall not make thee afraid, Neither shall my pressure be heavy upon thee.

BSB: Surely no fear of me should terrify you;nor will my hand be heavy upon you.

DARBY: Behold, my terror shall not make thee afraid, nor my burden be heavy upon thee.

DRA: But yet let not my wonder terrify thee, and let not my eloquence be burdensome to thee.

KJV: Behold, my terror shall not make thee afraid, neither shall my hand be heavy upon thee.

Job 33:8

AMP: ¶“Surely you have spoken in my hearing,And I have heard the sound of your words, saying:

ASV: Surely thou hast spoken in my hearing, And I have heard the voice of [thy] words, [saying],

BSB: Surely you have spoken in my hearing,and I have heard these very words:

DARBY: Surely thou hast spoken in my hearing, and I have heard the voice of [thy] words:

DRA: Now thou has said in my hearing, and I have heard the voice of thy words :

KJV: Surely thou hast spoken in mine hearing, and I have heard the voice of thy words, saying,

Job 33:9

AMP: ‘I am pure, without transgression;I am innocent and there is no guilt in me.

ASV: I am clean, without transgression; I am innocent, neither is there iniquity in me:

BSB: ‘I am pure, without transgression;I am clean, with no iniquity in me.

DARBY: I am clean without transgression; I am pure, and there is no iniquity in me;

DRA: I am clean, and without sin : I am unspotted, and there is no iniquity in me.

KJV: I am clean without transgression, I am innocent; neither is there iniquity in me.

Job 33:10

AMP: ‘Behold, God finds pretexts against me;He counts me as His enemy.

ASV: Behold, he findeth occasions against me, He counteth me for his enemy:

BSB: Yet God finds occasions against me;He counts me as His enemy.

DARBY: Lo, he findeth occasions of hostility against me, he counteth me for his enemy;

DRA: Because he hath found complaints against me, therefore he hath counted me for his enemy.

KJV: Behold, he findeth occasions against me, he counteth me for his enemy,

Job 33:11

AMP: ‘He puts my feet in the stocks [to hinder and humiliate me];He [suspiciously] watches all my paths,’ [you say].

ASV: He putteth my feet in the stocks, He marketh all my paths.

BSB: He puts my feet in the stocks;He watches over all my paths.’

DARBY: He putteth my feet in the stocks, he marketh all my paths.

DRA: He hath put my feet in the stocks, he hath observed all my paths.

KJV: He putteth my feet in the stocks, he marketh all my paths.

Job 33:12

AMP: “Look, let me answer you, in this you are not right or just;For God is greater and far superior to man.

ASV: Behold, I will answer thee, in this thou art not just; For God is greater than man.

BSB: Behold, you are not right in this matter.I will answer you, for God is greater than man.

DARBY: Behold, I will answer thee in this, thou art not right; for God is greater than man.

DRA: Now this is the thing in which thou art not justified : I will answer thee, that God is greater than man.

KJV: Behold, in this thou art not just: I will answer thee, that God is greater than man.

Job 33:13

AMP: ¶“Why do you complain against Him?That He does not answer [you with] all His doings.

ASV: Why dost thou strive against him, For that he giveth not account of any of his matters?

BSB: Why do you complain to Himthat He answers nothing a man asks?

DARBY: Why dost thou strive against him? for he giveth not account of any of his matters.

DRA: Dost thou strive against him, because he hath not answered thee to all words?

KJV: Why dost thou strive against him? for he giveth not account of any of his matters.

Job 33:14

AMP: “For God speaks once,And even twice, yet no one notices it [including you, Job].

ASV: For God speaketh once, Yea twice, [though man] regardeth it not.

BSB: For God speaks in one way and in another,yet no one notices.

DARBY: For God speaketh once, and twice, [and man] perceiveth it not

DRA: God speaketh once, and repeateth not the selfsame thing the second time.

KJV: For God speaketh once, yea twice, yet man perceiveth it not.

Job 33:15

AMP: “In a dream, a vision of the night [one may hear God’s voice],When deep sleep falls on menWhile slumbering upon the bed,

ASV: In a dream, in a vision of the night, When deep sleep falleth upon men, In slumberings upon the bed;

BSB: In a dream,in a vision in the night,when deep sleep falls upon menas they slumber on their beds,

DARBY: In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falleth upon men, in slumberings upon the bed;

DRA: By a dream in a vision by night, when deep sleep falleth upon men, and they are sleeping in their beds :

KJV: In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falleth upon men, in slumberings upon the bed;

Job 33:16

AMP: Then He opens the ears of menAnd seals their instruction,

ASV: Then he openeth the ears of men, And sealeth their instruction,

BSB: He opens their earsand terrifies them with warnings

DARBY: Then he openeth men's ears, and sealeth their instruction,

DRA: Then he openeth the ears of men, and teaching instructeth them in what they are to learn.

KJV: Then he openeth the ears of men, and sealeth their instruction,

Job 33:17

AMP: That He may turn man aside from his conduct,And keep him from pride;

ASV: That he may withdraw man [from his] purpose, And hide pride from man;

BSB: to turn a man from wrongdoingand keep him from pride,

DARBY: That he may withdraw man [from his] work, and hide pride from man.

DRA: That he may withdraw a man from the things he is doing, and may deliver him from pride.

KJV: That he may withdraw man from his purpose, and hide pride from man.

Job 33:18

AMP: He holds back his soul from the pit [of destruction],And his life from passing over into Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead).

ASV: He keepeth back his soul from the pit, And his life from perishing by the sword.

BSB: to preserve his soul from the Pitand his life from perishing by the sword.

DARBY: He keepeth back his soul from the pit, and his life from passing away by the sword.

DRA: Rescuing his soul from corruption : and his life from passing to the sword.

KJV: He keepeth back his soul from the pit, and his life from perishing by the sword.

Job 33:19

AMP: ¶“Man is also disciplined with pain on his bed,And with unceasing complaint in his bones,

ASV: He is chastened also with pain upon his bed, And with continual strife in his bones;

BSB: A man is also chastened on his bedwith pain and constant distress in his bones,

DARBY: He is chastened also with pain upon his bed, and with constant strife in his bones;

DRA: He rebuketh also by sorrow in the bed, and he maketh all his bones to wither.

KJV: He is chastened also with pain upon his bed, and the multitude of his bones with strong pain:

Job 33:20

AMP: So that his life makes him loathe food,And his soul [loathe] even his favorite dishes.

ASV: So that his life abhorreth bread, And his soul dainty food.

BSB: so that he detests his bread,and his soul loathes his favorite food.

DARBY: And his life abhorreth bread, and his soul dainty food;

DRA: Bread becometh abominable to him in his life, and to his soul the meat which before he desired.

KJV: So that his life abhorreth bread, and his soul dainty meat.

Job 33:21

AMP: “His flesh is so wasted away that it cannot be seen,And his bones which were not seen now stick out.

ASV: His flesh is consumed away, that it cannot be seen; And his bones that were not seen stick out.

BSB: His flesh wastes away from sight,and his hidden bones protrude.

DARBY: His flesh is consumed away from view, and his bones that were not seen stick out;

DRA: His flesh shall be consumed away, and his bones that were covered shall be made bare.

KJV: His flesh is consumed away, that it cannot be seen; and his bones that were not seen stick out.

Job 33:22

AMP: “Then his soul draws near to the pit [of destruction],And his life to those who bring death (the destroyers).

ASV: Yea, his soul draweth near unto the pit, And his life to the destroyers.

BSB: He draws near to the Pit,and his life to the messengers of death.

DARBY: And his soul draweth near to the pit, and his life to the destroyers.

DRA: His soul hath drawn near to corruption, and his life to the destroyers.

KJV: Yea, his soul draweth near unto the grave, and his life to the destroyers.

Job 33:23

AMP: ¶“If there is an angel as a mediator for him,One out of a thousand,To explain to a man what is right for him [that is, how to be in right standing with God],

ASV: If there be with him an angel, An interpreter, one among a thousand, To show unto man what is right for him;

BSB: Yet if there is a messenger on his side,one mediator in a thousand,to tell a man what is right for him,

DARBY: If there be a messenger with him, an interpreter, one among a thousand, to shew unto man his duty;

DRA: If there shall be an angel speaking for him, one among thousands, to declare man's uprightness,

KJV: If there be a messenger with him, an interpreter, one among a thousand, to shew unto man his uprightness:

Job 33:24

AMP: Then the angel is gracious to him, and says,‘Spare him from going down to the pit [of destruction];I have found a ransom [a consideration, or reason for redemption, an atonement]!’

ASV: Then [God] is gracious unto him, and saith, Deliver him from going down to the pit, I have found a ransom.

BSB: to be gracious to him and say,‘Spare him from going down to the Pit;I have found his ransom,’

DARBY: Then he will be gracious unto him, and say, Deliver him from going down to the pit: I have found a ransom.

DRA: He 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.

KJV: Then he is gracious unto him, and saith, Deliver him from going down to the pit: I have found a ransom.

Job 33:25

AMP: “Let his flesh be restored and become fresher than in youth;Let him return to the days of his youthful strength.

ASV: His flesh shall be fresher than a child`s; He returneth to the days of his youth.

BSB: then his flesh is refreshed like a child’s;he returns to the days of his youth.

DARBY: His flesh shall be fresher than in childhood; he shall return to the days of his youth.

DRA: His flesh is consumed with punishment, let him return to the days of his youth.

KJV: His flesh shall be fresher than a child’s: he shall return to the days of his youth:

Job 33:26

AMP: “He will pray to God, and He shall be favorable to him,So that he looks at His face with joy;For God restores to man His righteousness [that is, his right standing with God—with its joys].

ASV: He prayeth unto God, and he is favorable unto him, So that he seeth his face with joy: And he restoreth unto man his righteousness.

BSB: He prays to God and finds favor;he sees God’s face and shouts for joy,and God restores His righteousnessto that man.

DARBY: He shall pray unto God, and he will receive him with favour; and he shall see his face with shoutings, and he will render unto man his righteousness.

DRA: He 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.

KJV: He shall pray unto God, and he will be favourable unto him: and he shall see his face with joy: for he will render unto man his righteousness.

Job 33:27

AMP: “He sings out to other men,‘I have sinned and perverted that which was right,And it was not proper for me!

ASV: He singeth before men, and saith, I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, And it profited me not:

BSB: Then he sings before menwith these words:‘I have sinned and perverted what was right;yet I did not get what I deserved.

DARBY: He will sing before men, and say, I have sinned, and perverted what was right, and it hath not been requited to me;

DRA: He shall look upon men, and shall say : I have sinned, and indeed I have offended, and I have not received what I have deserved.

KJV: He looketh upon men, and if any say, I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, and it profited me not;

Job 33:28

AMP: ‘God has redeemed my life from going to the pit [of destruction],And my life shall see the light.’ ”

ASV: He hath redeemed my soul from going into the pit, And my life shall behold the light.

BSB: He redeemed my soul from going down to the Pit,and I will live to see the light.’

DARBY: He hath delivered my soul from going into the pit, and my life shall see the light.

DRA: He hath delivered his soul from going into destruction, that it may live and see the light.

KJV: He will deliver his soul from going into the pit, and his life shall see the light.

Job 33:29

AMP: ¶[Elihu comments,] “Behold, God does all these things twice, yes, three times, with a man,

ASV: Lo, all these things doth God work, Twice, [yea] thrice, with a man,

BSB: Behold, all these things God does to a man,two or even three times,

DARBY: Lo, all these [things] worketh God twice, thrice, with man,

DRA: Behold, all these things God worketh three times within every one.

KJV: Lo, all these things worketh God oftentimes with man,

Job 33:30

AMP: To bring his life back from the pit [of destruction],That he may be enlightened with the light of the living.

ASV: To bring back his soul from the pit, That he may be enlightened with the light of the living.

BSB: to bring back his soul from the Pit,that he may be enlightened with the light of life.

DARBY: To bring back his soul from the pit, that he may be enlightened with the light of the living.

DRA: That he may withdraw their souls from corruption, and enlighten them with the light of the living.

KJV: To bring back his soul from the pit, to be enlightened with the light of the living.

Job 33:31

AMP: “Pay attention, Job, listen to me;Keep silent, and I will speak.

ASV: Mark well, O Job, hearken unto me: Hold thy peace, and I will speak.

BSB: Pay attention, Job, and listen to me;be silent, and I will speak.

DARBY: Mark well, Job, hearken unto me; be silent, and I will speak.

DRA: Attend, Job, and hearken to me : and hold thy peace, whilst I speak.

KJV: Mark well, O Job, hearken unto me: hold thy peace, and I will speak.

Job 33:32

AMP: “If you have anything to say, answer me;Speak, for I desire to justify you.

ASV: If thou hast anything to say, answer me: Speak, for I desire to justify thee.

BSB: But if you have something to say, answer me;speak up, for I would like to vindicate you.

DARBY: If thou hast anything to say, answer me; speak, for I desire to justify thee.

DRA: But if thou hast any thing to say, answer me, speak : for I would have thee to appear just.

KJV: If thou hast any thing to say, answer me: speak, for I desire to justify thee.

Job 33:33

AMP: “If not [and you have nothing to say], listen to me;Keep silent, and I will teach you wisdom.”

ASV: If not, hearken thou unto me: Hold thy peace, and I will teach thee wisdom.

BSB: But if not, then listen to me;be quiet, and I will teach you wisdom.”

DARBY: If not, hearken thou unto me; be silent, and I will teach thee wisdom.

DRA: And if thou have not, hear me : hold thy peace, and I will teach thee wisdom.

KJV: If not, hearken unto me: hold thy peace, and I shall teach thee wisdom.

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