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1 Where­fore, Job, I pray thee, hear my speech­es, and hear­ken to all my words. 2 Be­hold, now I have opened my mouth, my tongue hath spo­ken in my mouth. 3 My words shall be of the up­right­ness of my heart: and my lips shall ut­ter knowl­edge clear­ly. 4 The Spir­it of God hath made me, and the breath of the Almighty hath giv­en me life. 5 If thou canst an­swer me, set thy words in or­der be­fore me, stand up. 6 Be­hold, I am ac­cord­ing to thy wish in God's stead: I also am formed out of the clay. 7 Be­hold, my ter­ror shall not make thee afraid, nei­ther shall my hand be heavy upon thee. 8 Sure­ly thou hast spo­ken in mine hear­ing, and I have heard the voice of thy words, saying, 9 I am clean with­out trans­gres­sion, I am in­no­cent; nei­ther is there in­iq­ui­ty in me. 10 Be­hold, he find­eth oc­ca­sions against me, he coun­teth me for his en­e­my, 11 He put­teth my feet in the stocks, he mar­keth all my paths. 12 Be­hold, in this thou art not just: I will an­swer thee, that God is greater than man. 13 Why dost thou strive against him? for he giveth not ac­count of any of his mat­ters. 14 For God speaketh once, yea twice, yet man per­ceiveth it not. 15 In a dream, in a vi­sion of the night, when deep sleep fal­l­eth upon men, in slum­ber­ings upon the bed; 16 Then he openeth the ears of men, and sealeth their in­struc­tion, 17 That he may with­draw man from his pur­pose, and hide pride from man. 18 He keep­eth back his soul from the pit, and his life from per­ish­ing by the sword. 19 He is chas­tened also with pain upon his bed, and the mul­ti­tude of his bones with strong pain: 20 So that his life ab­hor­reth bread, and his soul dain­ty meat. 21 His flesh is con­sumed away, that it can­not be seen; and his bones that were not seen stick out. 22 Yea, his soul draweth near unto the grave, and his life to the de­stroy­ers. 23 If there be a mes­sen­ger with him, an in­ter­preter, one among a thou­sand, to shew unto man his up­right­ness: 24 Then he is gra­cious unto him, and saith, De­liv­er him from go­ing down to the pit: I have found a ran­som. 25 His flesh shall be fresh­er than a child's: he shall re­turn to the days of his youth: 26 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. 27 He looketh upon men, and if any say, I have sinned, and per­vert­ed that which was right, and it prof­it­ed me not; 28 He will de­liv­er his soul from go­ing into the pit, and his life shall see the light. 29 Lo, all these things wor­keth God of­ten­times with man, 30 To bring back his soul from the pit, to be en­light­ened with the light of the liv­ing. 31 Mark well, O Job, hear­ken unto me: hold thy peace, and I will speak. 32 If thou hast any thing to say, an­swer me: speak, for I de­sire to jus­ti­fy thee. 33 If not, hear­ken unto me: hold thy peace, and I shall teach thee wis­dom.