{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/akjv/job/33","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-30T10:19:02.943Z"},"reference":{"translation":"AKJV","book":"Job","bookSlug":"job","chapter":33,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":32,"nextChapter":34,"totalChapters":42,"totalVerses":33},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"Why, Job, I pray you, hear my speeches, and listen to all my words."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"Behold, now I have opened my mouth, my tongue has spoken in my mouth."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"My words shall be of the uprightness of my heart: and my lips shall utter knowledge clearly."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"The spirit of God has made me, and the breath of the Almighty has given me life."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"If you can answer me, set your words in order before me, stand up."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"Behold, I am according to your wish in God's stead: I also am formed out of the clay."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"Behold, my terror shall not make you afraid, neither shall my hand be heavy on you."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"Surely you have spoken in my hearing, and I have heard the voice of your words, saying,"},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"I am clean without transgression, I am innocent; neither is there iniquity in me."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"Behold, he finds occasions against me, he counts me for his enemy,"},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"He puts my feet in the stocks, he marks all my paths."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"Behold, in this you are not just: I will answer you, that God is greater than man."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"Why do you strive against him? for he gives not account of any of his matters."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"For God speaks once, yes twice, yet man perceives it not."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falls on men, in slumberings on the bed;"},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"Then he opens the ears of men, and seals their instruction,"},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"That he may withdraw man from his purpose, and hide pride from man."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"He keeps back his soul from the pit, and his life from perishing by the sword."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"He is chastened also with pain on his bed, and the multitude of his bones with strong pain:"},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"So that his life abhors bread, and his soul dainty meat."},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"His flesh is consumed away, that it cannot be seen; and his bones that were not seen stick out."},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"Yes, his soul draws near to the grave, and his life to the destroyers."},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"If there be a messenger with him, an interpreter, one among a thousand, to show to man his uprightness:"},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"Then he is gracious to him, and said, Deliver him from going down to the pit: I have found a ransom."},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"His flesh shall be fresher than a child's: he shall return to the days of his youth:"},{"verseNumber":26,"text":"He shall pray to God, and he will be favorable to him: and he shall see his face with joy: for he will render to man his righteousness."},{"verseNumber":27,"text":"He looks on men, and if any say, I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, and it profited me not;"},{"verseNumber":28,"text":"He will deliver his soul from going into the pit, and his life shall see the light."},{"verseNumber":29,"text":"See, all these things works God oftentimes with man,"},{"verseNumber":30,"text":"To bring back his soul from the pit, to be enlightened with the light of the living."},{"verseNumber":31,"text":"Mark well, O Job, listen to me: hold your peace, and I will speak."},{"verseNumber":32,"text":"If you have anything to say, answer me: speak, for I desire to justify you."},{"verseNumber":33,"text":"If not, listen to me: hold your peace, and I shall teach you wisdom."}],"citation":{"inline":"Job 33 (AKJV)","markdown":"[Job 33](https://primebible.com/akjv/job/33)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* AKJV. https://primebible.com/akjv/job/33 (accessed 2026-05-30)."}}