{"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/ylt/job/33","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-06-17T10:25:31.122Z"},"reference":{"translation":"YLT","book":"Job","bookSlug":"job","chapter":33,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":32,"nextChapter":34,"totalChapters":42,"totalVerses":33},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"And yet, I pray thee, O Job, Hear my speech and to all my words give ear."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"Lo, I pray thee, I have opened my mouth, My tongue hath spoken in the palate."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"Of the uprightness of my heart are my sayings, And knowledge have my lips clearly spoken."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"The Spirit of God hath made me, And the breath of the Mighty doth quicken me."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"If thou art able — answer me, Set in array before me — station thyself."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"Lo, I am, according to thy word, for God, From the clay I — I also, have been formed."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"Lo, my terror doth not frighten thee, And my burden on thee is not heavy."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"Surely — thou hast said in mine ears, And the sounds of words I hear:"},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"Pure am I, without transgression, Innocent am I, and I have no iniquity."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"Lo, occasions against me He doth find, He doth reckon me for an enemy to Him,"},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"He doth put in the stocks my feet, He doth watch all my paths.'"},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"Lo, in this thou hast not been righteous, I answer thee, that greater is God than man."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"Wherefore against Him hast thou striven, When for all His matters He answereth not?"},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"For once doth God speak, and twice, (He doth not behold it.)"},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"In a dream — a vision of night, In the falling of deep sleep on men, In slumberings on a bed."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"Then He uncovereth the ear of men, And for their instruction sealeth:"},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"To turn aside man from doing, And pride from man He concealeth."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"He keepeth back his soul from corruption, And his life from passing away by a dart."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"And he hath been reproved With pain on his bed, And the strife of his bones is enduring."},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"And his life hath nauseated bread, And his soul desirable food."},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"His flesh is consumed from being seen, And high are his bones, they were not seen!"},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"And draw near to the pit doth his soul, And his life to those causing death."},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"If there is by him a messenger, An interpreter — one of a thousand, To declare for man his uprightness:"},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"Then He doth favour him and saith, 'Ransom him from going down to the pit, I have found an atonement.'"},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"Fresher is his flesh than a child's, He returneth to the days of his youth."},{"verseNumber":26,"text":"He maketh supplication unto God, And He accepteth him. And he seeth His face with shouting, And He returneth to man His righteousness."},{"verseNumber":27,"text":"He looketh on men, and saith, 'I sinned, And uprightness I have perverted, And it hath not been profitable to me."},{"verseNumber":28,"text":"He hath ransomed my soul From going over into the pit, And my life on the light looketh.'"},{"verseNumber":29,"text":"Lo, all these doth God work, Twice — thrice 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":"Attend, O Job, hearken to me, Keep silent, and I — I do speak."},{"verseNumber":32,"text":"If there are words — answer me, Speak, for I have a desire to justify thee."},{"verseNumber":33,"text":"If there are not — hearken thou to me, Keep silent, and I teach thee wisdom."}],"citation":{"inline":"Job 33 (YLT)","markdown":"[Job 33](https://primebible.com/ylt/job/33)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* YLT. https://primebible.com/ylt/job/33 (accessed 2026-06-17)."}}