### Young's Literal Translation

Job 32

## The Book of Job

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| # Chapter 33
| And yet, I pray thee, O Job, Hear my speech and [to] all my words give ear.
| Lo, I pray thee, I have opened my mouth, My tongue hath spoken in the palate.
| Of the uprightness of my heart [are] my sayings, And knowledge have my lips clearly spoken.
| The Spirit of God hath made me, And the breath of the Mighty doth quicken me.
| If thou art able -- answer me, Set in array before me -- station thyself.
| Lo, I [am], according to thy word, for God, From the clay I -- I also, have been formed.
| Lo, my terror doth not frighten thee, And my burden on thee is not heavy.
| Surely -- thou hast said in mine ears, And the sounds of words I hear:
| 'Pure [am] I, without transgression, Innocent [am] I, and I have no iniquity.
| Lo, occasions against me He doth find, He doth reckon me for an enemy to Him,
| He doth put in the stocks my feet, He doth watch all my paths.'
| Lo, [in] this thou hast not been righteous, I answer thee, that greater is God than man.
| Wherefore against Him hast thou striven, When [for] all His matters He answereth not?
| For once doth God speak, and twice, (He doth not behold it.)
| In a dream -- a vision of night, In the falling of deep sleep on men, In slumberings on a bed.
| Then He uncovereth the ear of men, And for their instruction sealeth:
| To turn aside man [from] doing, And pride from man He concealeth.
| He keepeth back his soul from corruption, And his life from passing away by a dart.
| And he hath been reproved With pain on his bed, And the strife of his bones [is] enduring.
| And his life hath nauseated bread, And his soul desirable food.
| His flesh is consumed from being seen, And high are his bones, they were not seen!
| And draw near to the pit doth his soul, And his life to those causing death.
| If there is by him a messenger, An interpreter -- one of a thousand, To declare for man his uprightness:
| Then He doth favour him and saith, 'Ransom him from going down to the pit, I have found an atonement.'
| Fresher [is] his flesh than a child's, He returneth to the days of his youth.
| He maketh supplication unto God, And He accepteth him. And he seeth His face with shouting, And He returneth to man His righteousness.
| He looketh on men, and saith, 'I sinned, And uprightness I have perverted, And it hath not been profitable to me.
| He hath ransomed my soul From going over into the pit, And my life on the light looketh.'
| Lo, all these doth God work, Twice -- thrice with man,
| To bring back his soul from the pit, To be enlightened with the light of the living.
| Attend, O Job, hearken to me, Keep silent, and I -- I do speak.
| If there are words -- answer me, Speak, for I have a desire to justify thee.
| If there are not -- hearken thou to me, Keep silent, and I teach thee wisdom.

Job 34

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