# Job 33 (New King James Version)
Elihu Contradicts Job

##### Chapter 33
###### 1 "But please, Job, hear my speech,  
And listen to all my words.  

###### 2 Now, I open my mouth;  
My tongue speaks in my mouth.  

###### 3 My words _come_ from my upright heart;  
My lips utter pure knowledge.  

###### 4 The Spirit of God has made me,  
And the breath of the Almighty gives me life.  

###### 5 If you can answer me,  
Set _your words_ in order before me;  
Take your stand.  

###### 6 Truly I _am_ as your spokesman before God;  
I also have been formed out of clay.  

###### 7 Surely no fear of me will terrify you,  
Nor will my hand be heavy on you.

###### 8 "Surely you have spoken in my hearing,  
And I have heard the sound of _your_ words, _saying,_  

###### 9 'I _am_ pure, without transgression;  
I _am_ innocent, and _there is_ no iniquity in me.  

###### 10 Yet He finds occasions against me,  
He counts me as His enemy;  

###### 11 He puts my feet in the stocks,  
He watches all my paths.'

###### 12 "Look, _in_ this you are not righteous.  
I will answer you,  
For God is greater than man.  

###### 13 Why do you contend with Him?  
For He does not give an accounting of any of His words.  

###### 14 For God may speak in one way, or in another,  
_Yet man_ does not perceive it.  

###### 15 In a dream, in a vision of the night,  
When deep sleep falls upon men,  
While slumbering on their beds,  

###### 16 Then He opens the ears of men,  
And seals their instruction.  

###### 17 In order to turn man _from his_ deed,  
And conceal pride from man,  

###### 18 He keeps back his soul from the Pit,  
And his life from perishing by the sword.

###### 19 "_Man_ is also chastened with pain on his bed,  
And with strong _pain_ in many of his bones,  

###### 20 So that his life abhors bread,  
And his soul succulent food.  

###### 21 His flesh wastes away from sight,  
And his bones stick out _which once_ were not seen.  

###### 22 Yes, his soul draws near the Pit,  
And his life to the executioners.

###### 23 "If there is a messenger for him,  
A mediator, one among a thousand,  
To show man His uprightness,  

###### 24 Then He is gracious to him, and says,  
'Deliver him from going down to the Pit;  
I have found a ransom';  

###### 25 His flesh shall be young like a child's,  
He shall return to the days of his youth.  

###### 26 He shall pray to God, and He will delight in him,  
He shall see His face with joy,  
For He restores to man His righteousness.  

###### 27 Then he looks at men and says,  
'I have sinned, and perverted _what was_ right,  
And it did not profit me.'  

###### 28 He will redeem his soul from going down to the Pit,  
And his life shall see the light.

###### 29 "Behold, God works all these _things,_  
Twice, _in fact,_ three _times_ with a man,  

###### 30 To bring back his soul from the Pit,  
That he may be enlightened with the light of life.

###### 31 "Give ear, Job, listen to me;  
Hold your peace, and I will speak.  

###### 32 If you have anything to say, answer me;  
Speak, for I desire to justify you.  

###### 33 If not, listen to me;  
Hold your peace, and I will teach you wisdom."