Elihu Disagrees With Job’s View of God
33:14 “For God speaks, the first time in one way,
the second time in another,
though a person does not perceive22 it.
33:15 In a dream, a night vision,
when deep sleep falls on people
as they sleep in their beds.
33:16 Then he gives a revelation23 to people,
and terrifies them with warnings,24
33:17 to turn a person from his sin,25
and to cover a person’s pride.26
33:18 He spares a person’s life from corruption,27
his very life from crossing over28 the river.
33:19 Or a person is chastened29 by pain on his bed,
and with the continual strife of his bones,30
33:20 so that his life loathes food,
and his soul rejects appetizing fare.31
33:21 His flesh wastes away from sight,
and his bones, which were not seen,
are easily visible.32
33:22 He33 draws near to the place of corruption,
and his life to the messengers of death.34
33:23 If there is an angel beside him,
one mediator35 out of a thousand,
to tell a person what constitutes his uprightness;36
33:24 and if37 God38 is gracious to him and says,
‘Spare39 him from going down
to the place of corruption,
I have found a ransom for him,’40
33:25 then his flesh is restored41 like a youth’s;
he returns to the days of his youthful vigor.42
33:26 He entreats God, and God43 delights in him,
he sees God’s face44 with rejoicing,
and God45 restores to him his righteousness.46
33:27 That person sings47 to others,48 saying:
‘I have sinned and falsified what is right,
but I was not punished according to what I deserved.49
33:28 He redeemed my life50
from going down to the place of corruption,
and my life sees the light!’
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