Job 33:14–28

^14hFor God may speak in one way, or in another,

Yet man does not perceive it.

¹⁵ⁱIn a dream, in a vision of the night,

When deep sleep falls upon men,

While slumbering on their beds,

^16jThen He opens the ears of men,

And seals their instruction.

¹⁷In order to turn man from his deed,

And conceal pride from man,

¹⁸He keeps back his soul from the Pit,

And his life from ³perishing by the sword.

¹⁹“Man is also chastened with pain on his ^kbed,

And with strong pain in many of his bones,

^20lSo that his life abhors ^mbread,

And his soul ⁴succulent food.

²¹His flesh wastes away from sight,

And his bones stick out which once were not seen.

²²Yes, 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,

²⁴Then He is gracious to him, and says,

‘Deliver him from going down to the Pit;

I have found ⁵a ransom’;

²⁵His flesh shall be young like a child’s,

He shall return to the days of his youth.

²⁶He shall pray to God, and He will delight in him,

He shall see His face with joy,

For He restores to man His righteousness.

²⁷Then he looks at men and ⁿsays,

‘I have sinned, and perverted what was right,

And it ^odid not profit me.’

²⁸He will ^predeem ⁶his soul from going down to the Pit,

And his life shall see the light.