{"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/dbt/job/33","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-27T00:30:49.689Z"},"reference":{"translation":"DBT","book":"Job","bookSlug":"job","chapter":33,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":32,"nextChapter":34,"totalChapters":42,"totalVerses":33},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"Howbeit, Job, I pray thee, hear mine utterances, and hearken to all my words."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"Behold now, I have opened my mouth, my tongue speaketh in my palate,"},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"My words shall be of the uprightness of my heart, and my lips shall utter knowledge purely."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"The Spirit of God hath made me, and the breath of the Almighty hath given me life."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"If thou canst, answer me; array thy words before me: take thy stand."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"Behold, before God I am as thou; I also am formed out of the clay."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"Behold, my terror shall not make thee afraid, nor my burden be heavy upon thee."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"Surely thou hast spoken in my hearing, and I have heard the voice of thy words: —"},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"I am clean without transgression; I am pure, and there is no iniquity in me;"},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"Lo, he findeth occasions of hostility against me, he counteth me for his enemy;"},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"He putteth my feet in the stocks, he marketh all my paths."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"Behold, I will answer thee in this, thou art not right; for +God is greater than man."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"Why dost thou strive against him? for he giveth not account of any of his matters."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"For God speaketh once, and twice, and man perceiveth it not —"},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falleth upon men, in slumberings upon the bed;"},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"Then he openeth men's ears, and sealeth their instruction,"},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"That he may withdraw man from his work, and hide pride from man."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"He keepeth back his soul from the pit, and his life from passing away by the sword."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"He is chastened also with pain upon his bed, and with constant strife in his bones;"},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"And his life abhorreth bread, and his soul dainty food;"},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"His flesh is consumed away from view, and his bones that were not seen stick out;"},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"And his soul draweth near to the pit, and his life to the destroyers."},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"If there be a messenger with him, an interpreter, one among a thousand, to shew unto man his duty;"},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"Then he will be gracious unto him, and say, Deliver him from going down to the pit: I have found a ransom."},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"His flesh shall be fresher than in childhood; he shall return to the days of his youth."},{"verseNumber":26,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":27,"text":"He will sing before men, and say, I have sinned, and perverted what was right, and it hath not been requited to me;"},{"verseNumber":28,"text":"He hath delivered my soul from going into the pit, and my life shall see the light."},{"verseNumber":29,"text":"Lo, all these things worketh God twice, thrice, with man,"},{"verseNumber":30,"text":"To bring back his soul from the pit, that he may be enlightened with the light of the living."},{"verseNumber":31,"text":"Mark well, Job, hearken unto me; be silent, and I will speak."},{"verseNumber":32,"text":"If thou hast anything to say, answer me; speak, for I desire to justify thee."},{"verseNumber":33,"text":"If not, hearken thou unto me; be silent, and I will teach thee wisdom."}],"citation":{"inline":"Job 33 (DBT)","markdown":"[Job 33](https://primebible.com/dbt/job/33)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* DBT. https://primebible.com/dbt/job/33 (accessed 2026-05-27)."}}