Job 33:14-33

New International Version

¹⁴For God does speak^(A)—now one way, now another^(B)—
    though no one perceives it.^(C)
¹⁵In a dream,^(D) in a vision^(E) of the night,^(F)
    when deep sleep^(G) falls on people
    as they slumber in their beds,
¹⁶he may speak^(H) in their ears
    and terrify them^(I) with warnings,^(J)
¹⁷to turn them from wrongdoing
    and keep them from pride,^(K)
¹⁸to preserve them from the pit,^(L)
    their lives from perishing by the sword.^[a]^(M)

¹⁹“Or someone may be chastened^(N) on a bed of pain^(O)
    with constant distress in their bones,^(P)
²⁰so that their body finds food^(Q) repulsive
    and their soul loathes the choicest meal.^(R)
²¹Their flesh wastes away to nothing,
    and their bones,^(S) once hidden, now stick out.^(T)
²²They draw near to the pit,^(U)
    and their life to the messengers of death.^[b]^(V)
²³Yet if there is an angel at their side,
    a messenger,^(W) one out of a thousand,
    sent to tell them how to be upright,^(X)
²⁴and he is gracious to that person and says to God,
    ‘Spare them from going down to the pit;^(Y)
    I have found a ransom for them^(Z)—
²⁵let their flesh be renewed^(AA) like a child’s;
    let them be restored as in the days of their youth’^(AB)—
²⁶then that person can pray to God and find favor with him,^(AC)
    they will see God’s face and shout for joy;^(AD)
    he will restore them to full well-being.^(AE)
²⁷And they will go to others and say,
    ‘I have sinned,^(AF) I have perverted what is right,^(AG)
    but I did not get what I deserved.^(AH)
²⁸God has delivered^(AI) me from going down to the pit,^(AJ)
    and I shall live to enjoy the light of life.’^(AK)

²⁹“God does all these things to a person^(AL)—
twice, even three times^(AM)—
³⁰to turn them back^(AN) from the pit,^(AO)
that the light of life^(AP) may shine on them.^(AQ)

³¹“Pay attention, Job, and listen^(AR) to me;^(AS)
    be silent,^(AT) and I will speak.
³²If you have anything to say, answer me;^(AU)
    speak up, for I want to vindicate you.^(AV)
³³But if not, then listen to me;^(AW)
    be silent,^(AX) and I will teach you wisdom.^(AY)”