Job 33:1–13

Elihu Rebukes Job

33 “But now, hear my speech, O Job,

and listen to all my words.

2  Behold, I jopen my mouth;

the tongue in my mouth speaks.

3  My words declare the uprightness of my heart,

and what my lips know they speak sincerely.

4  kThe Spirit of God has made me,

and lthe breath of the Almighty gives me life.

5  mAnswer me, if you can;

nset your words in order before me; take your stand.

6  Behold, I am toward God as you are;

I too was pinched off from a piece of oclay.

7  Behold, no pfear of me need terrify you;

my qpressure will not be heavy upon you.

8  “Surely you have spoken in my ears,

and I have heard the sound of your words.

9  You say, ‘I am rpure, without stransgression;

I am clean, and there is no iniquity in me.

10  Behold, he finds occasions against me,

he tcounts me as his enemy,

11  he uputs my feet in the stocks

and vwatches all my paths.’

12  “Behold, in this you are not right. I will answer you,

for God is greater than man.

13  Why do you wcontend against him,

saying, ‘He xwill answer none of man’s1 words’?2