Elihu Rebukes Job 1 ULT But now, Job, please hear my words; yes, listen to all of my words. BSB BSB: “But now, O Job, hear my speech, and listen to all my words.
2 ULT Behold, I have now opened my mouth; my tongue has spoken on my palate. BSB BSB: Behold, I will open my mouth; my address is on the tip of my tongue.
3 ULT My words{ are}{ from} the uprightness of my heart, and my lips speak pure knowledge. BSB BSB: My words are from an upright heart, and my lips speak sincerely what I know.
4 ULT The Spirit of God made me; yes, the breath of the Almighty enlivened me. BSB BSB: The Spirit of God has made me, and the breath of the Almighty gives me life.
5 ULT If you can, answer me; array to my face; station yourself. BSB BSB: Refute me if you can; prepare your case and confront me.
6 ULT Behold, I am for God according to your mouth. I too have been formed from clay; BSB BSB: I am just like you before God; I was also formed from clay.
7 ULT behold, my fear will not terrify you, and my pressure will not be heavy on you. BSB BSB: Surely no fear of me should terrify you; nor will my hand be heavy upon you.
8 ULT Indeed, you have spoken in my ears, and I have heard the sound of the words. BSB BSB: Surely you have spoken in my hearing, and I have heard these very words:
9 ULT ‘I{ am} pure, without transgression; I{ am} innocent, and iniquity{ is} not to me. BSB BSB: ‘I am pure, without transgression; I am clean, with no iniquity in me.
10 ULT Behold, he finds occasions against me; he considers me an enemy to him. BSB BSB: Yet God finds occasions against me; He counts me as His enemy.
11 ULT He puts my feet in shackles; he watches all of my paths.’ BSB BSB: He puts my feet in the stocks; He watches over all my paths.’
12 ULT Behold,{ in} this you are not right. I will answer you, for God is greater than man. BSB BSB: Behold, you are not right in this matter. I will answer you, for God is greater than man.
13 ULT Why do you contend against him, that he does not answer any of one’ s words? BSB BSB: Why do you complain to Him that He answers nothing a man asks?
14 ULT For God speaks once— yes, twice; one does not perceive it. BSB BSB: For God speaks in one way and in another, yet no one notices.
15 ULT In a dream, in a vision of the night, in the falling of deep sleep upon men, in slumbers upon a bed, BSB BSB: In a dream, in a vision in the night, when deep sleep falls upon men as they slumber on their beds,
16 ULT then he opens the ear of men and seals their correction BSB BSB: He opens their ears and terrifies them with warnings
17 ULT to bring a man back from{ his} doing and to conceal pride from a man. BSB BSB: to turn a man from wrongdoing and keep him from pride,
18 ULT He spares his soul from the pit and his life from crossing over by a weapon. BSB BSB: to preserve his soul from the Pit and his life from perishing by the sword.
19 ULT He is also chastened with pain on his bed and the contention of his bones{ is} continual. BSB BSB: A man is also chastened on his bed with pain and constant distress in his bones,
20 ULT So his life abhors bread, and his soul food of desire. BSB BSB: so that he detests his bread, and his soul loathes his favorite food.
21 ULT His flesh wastes from sight, and his bones, not seen, are exposed, BSB BSB: His flesh wastes away from sight, and his hidden bones protrude.
22 ULT and his soul draws near to the pit, and his life to the ones causing death. BSB BSB: He draws near to the Pit, and his life to the messengers of death.
23 ULT If there is an angel for him, an interpreter, one of a thousand, to declare to a man his uprightness, BSB BSB: Yet if there is a messenger on his side, one mediator in a thousand, to tell a man what is right for him,
24 ULT and he is gracious to him and says,‘Redeem him from going down to the pit, I have found a ransom,’ BSB BSB: to be gracious to him and say, ‘Spare him from going down to the Pit; I have found his ransom,’
25 ULT his flesh becomes fresher than{ in} childhood; it returns to the days of his youth. BSB BSB: then his flesh is refreshed like a child’s; he returns to the days of his youth.
26 ULT He will pray to God, and he will accept him, and he will see his face with joy, and he will restore to the man his righteousness. BSB BSB: He prays to God and finds favor; he sees God’s face and shouts for joy, and God restores His righteousness to that man.
27 ULT He will sing to men and say,‘I sinned and I turned aside uprightness, but he did not requite to me. BSB BSB: Then he sings before men with these words: ‘I have sinned and perverted what was right; yet I did not get what I deserved.
28 ULT He has redeemed my soul from going over into the pit, and my life will see light.’ BSB BSB: He redeemed my soul from going down to the Pit, and I will live to see the light.’
29 ULT Behold, God does all these{ things} twice, thrice, with a man BSB BSB: Behold, all these things God does to a man, two or even three times,
30 ULT to bring his soul back from the pit for being enlightened with the light of the living. BSB BSB: to bring back his soul from the Pit, that he may be enlightened with the light of life.
31 ULT Heed, Job; listen to me. Be silent, and I will speak. BSB BSB: Pay attention, Job, and listen to me; be silent, and I will speak.
32 ULT If there are words, answer me; speak, for I desire to justify you. BSB BSB: But if you have something to say, answer me; speak up, for I would like to vindicate you.
33 ULT If not, you listen to me; be silent, and I will teach you wisdom.” BSB BSB: But if not, then listen to me; be quiet, and I will teach you wisdom.”
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