| 1 | Therefore, hear my speeches, Job, and listen to all my words. |
| 2 | Behold, I have opened my mouth; let my tongue speak along with my throat. |
| 3 | My words are from my simple heart, and my lips will speak a pure judgment. |
| 4 | The Spirit of God made me, and the breath of the Almighty gave me life. |
| 5 | If you can, answer me, and oppose me to my face. |
| 6 | Behold, God has made me, just as he also has made you, and I, likewise, have been formed of the same clay. |
| 7 | So, truly, do not let my wonders terrify you, and do not let my eloquence be burdensome to you. |
| 8 | For you have spoken in my hearing, and I have heard the voice of your words, saying: |
| 9 | "I am clean and without sin; I am immaculate, and there is no iniquity in me. |
| 10 | Yet he has discovered blame in me, and so he has treated me like his enemy. |
| 11 | He has put my feet in fetters; he has kept watch over all my ways." |
| 12 | Therefore, it is for this reason that you have not been justified. For I tell you that God is greater than man. |
| 13 | Do you contend against him because he has not responded to all of your words? |
| 14 | God speaks once, and he does not repeat the same thing a second time. |
| 15 | Through a dream in a vision of the night, when a deep sleep falls over men, and they are sleeping in their beds, |
| 16 | then, he opens the ears of men, and, educating them, he teaches discipline, |
| 17 | so that he may divert a man from the things that he is doing, and may free him from pride, |
| 18 | rescuing his soul from corruption and his life from passing away by the sword. |
| 19 | Likewise, he rebukes by sorrow in bed, and he causes all of his bones to become weak. |
| 20 | Bread becomes abominable to him in his life, and, to his soul, the meat which before he desired. |
| 21 | His body will waste away, and his bones, which had been covered, will be revealed. |
| 22 | His soul has approached corruption, and his life has drawn near to what is deadly. |
| 23 | If there were an angel speaking for him, one among thousands, to declare the fairness of the man, |
| 24 | he will have mercy on him, and he will say, "Free him, so that he will not descend to destruction. I have found a reason to be favorable to him. |
| 25 | His body is consumed by suffering. Let him return to the days of his youth." |
| 26 | He will beg pardon from God, and he will be soothing to him; and he will look upon his face in jubilation, and he will restore his justice to man. |
| 27 | He will consider mankind, and he will say: "I have sinned and truly I have offended, yet I was not treated as I deserved." |
| 28 | He has freed his soul from continuing into destruction, so that, in living, it may see the light. |
| 29 | Behold, all these things God works three times within each one, |
| 30 | so that he may revive their souls from corruption and enlighten them with the light of life. |
| 31 | Pay attention Job, and listen to me; and remain silent, while I speak. |
| 32 | Yet, if you have anything to say, answer me and speak, for I want you to be treated justly. |
| 33 | But if you do not have anything to say, then listen to me. Be quiet and I will teach you wisdom. |
