Job 33:14–28

¹⁴For once doth God speak, and twice, (He doth not behold it.) ¹⁵In a dream—a vision of night, In the falling of deep sleep on men, In slumberings on a bed. ¹⁶Then He uncovereth the ear of men, And for their instruction sealeth: ¹⁷To turn aside man from doing, And pride from man He concealeth. ¹⁸He keepeth back his soul from corruption, And his life from passing away by a dart.

¹⁹And he hath been reproved With pain on his bed, And the strife of his bones is enduring. ²⁰And his life hath nauseated bread, And his soul desirable food. ²¹His flesh is consumed from being seen, And high are his bones, they were not seen! ²²And draw near to the pit doth his soul, And his life to those causing death. ²³If there is by him a messenger, An interpreter—one of a thousand, To declare for man his uprightness: ²⁴Then He doth favour him and saith, ‘Ransom him from going down to the pit, I have found an atonement.’ ²⁵Fresher is his flesh than a child’s, He returneth to the days of his youth. ²⁶He maketh supplication unto God, And He accepteth him. And he seeth His face with shouting, And He returneth to man His righteousness. ²⁷He looketh on men, and saith, ‘I sinned, And uprightness I have perverted, And it hath not been profitable to me. ²⁸He hath ransomed my soul From going over into the pit, And my life on the light looketh.’