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Ayub 30:1--33:33

Job’s Present Misery

30:1 “But now they mock me, those who are younger than I,

whose fathers I disdained too much

to put with my sheep dogs.

30:2 Moreover, the strength of their hands –

what use was it to me?

Men whose strength had perished;

30:3 gaunt with want and hunger,

they would gnaw the parched land,

in former time desolate and waste.

30:4 By the brush they would gather 10  herbs from the salt marshes, 11 

and the root of the broom tree was their food.

30:5 They were banished from the community 12 

people 13  shouted at them

like they would shout at thieves 14 

30:6 so that they had to live 15 

in the dry stream beds, 16 

in the holes of the ground, and among the rocks.

30:7 They brayed 17  like animals among the bushes

and were huddled together 18  under the nettles.

30:8 Sons of senseless and nameless people, 19 

they were driven out of the land with whips. 20 

Job’s Indignities

30:9 “And now I have become their taunt song;

I have become a byword 21  among them.

30:10 They detest me and maintain their distance; 22 

they do not hesitate to spit in my face.

30:11 Because God has untied 23  my tent cord and afflicted me,

people throw off all restraint in my presence. 24 

30:12 On my right the young rabble 25  rise up;

they drive me from place to place, 26 

and build up siege ramps 27  against me. 28 

30:13 They destroy 29  my path;

they succeed in destroying me 30 

without anyone assisting 31  them.

30:14 They come in as through a wide breach;

amid the crash 32  they come rolling in. 33 

30:15 Terrors are turned loose 34  on me;

they drive away 35  my honor like the wind,

and like a cloud my deliverance has passed away.

Job’s Despondency

30:16 “And now my soul pours itself out within me; 36 

days of suffering take hold of me.

30:17 Night pierces 37  my bones; 38 

my gnawing pains 39  never cease.

30:18 With great power God 40  grasps my clothing; 41 

he binds me like the collar 42  of my tunic.

30:19 He has flung me into the mud,

and I have come to resemble dust and ashes.

30:20 I cry out to you, 43  but you do not answer me;

I stand up, 44  and you only look at me. 45 

30:21 You have become cruel to me; 46 

with the strength of your hand you attack me. 47 

30:22 You pick me up on the wind and make me ride on it; 48 

you toss me about 49  in the storm. 50 

30:23 I know that you are bringing 51  me to death,

to the meeting place for all the living.

The Contrast With the Past

30:24 “Surely one does not stretch out his hand

against a broken man 52 

when he cries for help in his distress. 53 

30:25 Have I not wept for the unfortunate? 54 

Was not my soul grieved for the poor?

30:26 But when I hoped for good, trouble came;

when I expected light, then darkness came.

30:27 My heart 55  is in turmoil 56  unceasingly; 57 

the days of my affliction confront me.

30:28 I go about blackened, 58  but not by the sun;

in the assembly I stand up and cry for help.

30:29 I have become a brother to jackals

and a companion of ostriches. 59 

30:30 My skin has turned dark on me; 60 

my body 61  is hot with fever. 62 

30:31 My harp is used for 63  mourning

and my flute for the sound of weeping.

Job Vindicates Himself

31:1 “I made a covenant with 64  my eyes;

how then could I entertain thoughts against a virgin? 65 

31:2 What then would be one’s lot from God above,

one’s heritage from the Almighty 66  on high?

31:3 Is it not misfortune for the unjust,

and disaster for those who work iniquity?

31:4 Does he not see my ways

and count all my steps?

31:5 If 67  I have walked in falsehood,

and if 68  my foot has hastened 69  to deceit –

31:6 let him 70  weigh me with honest 71  scales;

then God will discover 72  my integrity.

31:7 If my footsteps have strayed from the way,

if my heart has gone after my eyes, 73 

or if anything 74  has defiled my hands,

31:8 then let me sow 75  and let another eat,

and let my crops 76  be uprooted.

31:9 If my heart has been enticed by a woman,

and I have lain in wait at my neighbor’s door, 77 

31:10 then let my wife turn the millstone 78  for another man,

and may other men have sexual relations with her. 79 

31:11 For I would have committed 80  a shameful act, 81 

an iniquity to be judged. 82 

31:12 For it is a fire that devours even to Destruction, 83 

and it would uproot 84  all my harvest.

31:13 “If I have disregarded the right of my male servants

or my female servants

when they disputed 85  with me,

31:14 then what will I do when God confronts me in judgment; 86 

when he intervenes, 87 

how will I respond to him?

31:15 Did not the one who made me in the womb make them? 88 

Did not the same one form us in the womb?

31:16 If I have refused to give the poor what they desired, 89 

or caused the eyes of the widow to fail,

31:17 If I ate my morsel of bread myself,

and did not share any of it with orphans 90 

31:18 but from my youth I raised the orphan 91  like a father,

and from my mother’s womb 92 

I guided the widow! 93 

31:19 If I have seen anyone about to perish for lack of clothing,

or a poor man without a coat,

31:20 whose heart did not bless me 94 

as he warmed himself with the fleece of my sheep, 95 

31:21 if I have raised my hand 96  to vote against the orphan,

when I saw my support in the court, 97 

31:22 then 98  let my arm fall from the shoulder, 99 

let my arm be broken off at the socket. 100 

31:23 For the calamity from God was a terror to me, 101 

and by reason of his majesty 102  I was powerless.

31:24 “If I have put my confidence in gold

or said to pure gold,

‘You are my security!’

31:25 if I have rejoiced because of the extent of my wealth,

or because of the great wealth my hand had gained,

31:26 if I looked at the sun 103  when it was shining,

and the moon advancing as a precious thing,

31:27 so that my heart was secretly enticed,

and my hand threw them a kiss from my mouth, 104 

31:28 then this 105  also would be iniquity to be judged, 106 

for I would have been false 107  to God above.

31:29 If 108  I have rejoiced over the misfortune of my enemy 109 

or exulted 110  because calamity 111  found him –

31:30 I 112  have not even permitted my mouth 113  to sin

by asking 114  for his life through a curse –

31:31 if 115  the members of my household 116  have never said, 117 

‘If only there were 118  someone

who has not been satisfied from Job’s 119  meat!’ –

31:32 But 120  no stranger had to spend the night outside,

for I opened my doors to the traveler 121 

31:33 if 122  I have covered my transgressions as men do, 123 

by hiding 124  iniquity in my heart, 125 

31:34 because I was terrified 126  of the great multitude, 127 

and the contempt of families terrified me,

so that I remained silent

and would not go outdoors – 128 

Job’s Appeal

31:35 “If only I had 129  someone to hear me!

Here is my signature – 130 

let the Almighty answer me!

If only I had an indictment 131 

that my accuser had written. 132 

31:36 Surely 133  I would wear it proudly 134  on my shoulder,

I would bind 135  it on me like a crown;

31:37 I would give him an accounting of my steps;

like a prince I would approach him.

Job’s Final Solemn Oath 136 

31:38 “If my land cried out against me 137 

and all its furrows wept together,

31:39 if I have eaten its produce without paying, 138 

or caused the death 139  of its owners, 140 

31:40 then let thorns sprout up in place of wheat,

and in place of barley, weeds!” 141 

The words of Job are ended.

V. The Speeches of Elihu (32:1-37:24)

Elihu’s First Speech 142 

32:1 So these three men refused to answer 143  Job further, because he was righteous in his 144  own eyes. 32:2 Then Elihu son of Barakel the Buzite, of the family of Ram, became very angry. 145  He was angry 146  with Job for justifying 147  himself rather than God. 148  32:3 With Job’s 149  three friends he was also angry, because they could not find 150  an answer, and so declared Job guilty. 151  32:4 Now Elihu had waited before speaking 152  to Job, because the others 153  were older than he was. 32:5 But when Elihu saw 154  that the three men had no further reply, 155  he became very angry.

Elihu Claims Wisdom

32:6 So Elihu son of Barakel the Buzite spoke up: 156 

“I am young, 157  but you are elderly;

that is why I was fearful, 158 

and afraid to explain 159  to you what I know.

32:7 I said to myself, ‘Age 160  should speak, 161 

and length of years 162  should make wisdom known.’

32:8 But it is a spirit in people,

the breath 163  of the Almighty,

that makes them understand.

32:9 It is not the aged 164  who are wise,

nor old men who understand what is right.

32:10 Therefore I say, ‘Listen 165  to me.

I, even I, will explain what I know.’

32:11 Look, I waited for you to speak; 166 

I listened closely to your wise thoughts, 167 while you were searching for words.

32:12 Now I was paying you close attention, 168 

yet 169  there was no one proving Job wrong, 170 

not one of you was answering his statements!

32:13 So do not say, 171  ‘We have found wisdom!

God will refute 172  him, not man!’

32:14 Job 173  has not directed 174  his words to me,

and so I will not reply to him with your arguments. 175 

Job’s Friends Failed to Answer 176 

32:15 “They are dismayed 177  and cannot answer any more;

they have nothing left to say. 178 

32:16 And I have waited. 179  But because they do not speak,

because they stand there and answer no more,

32:17 I too will answer my part,

I too will explain what I know.

32:18 For I am full of words,

and the spirit within me 180  constrains me. 181 

32:19 Inside I am like wine which has no outlet, 182 

like new wineskins 183  ready to burst!

32:20 I will speak, 184  so that I may find relief;

I will open my lips, so that I may answer.

32:21 I will not show partiality to anyone, 185 

nor will I confer a title 186  on any man.

32:22 for I do not know how to give honorary titles, 187 

if I did, 188  my Creator would quickly do away with me. 189 

Elihu Invites Job’s Attention

33:1 “But now, O Job, listen to my words,

and hear 190  everything I have to say! 191 

33:2 See now, I have opened 192  my mouth;

my tongue in my mouth has spoken. 193 

33:3 My words come from the uprightness of my heart, 194 

and my lips will utter knowledge sincerely. 195 

33:4 The Spirit of God has made me,

and the breath of the Almighty gives me life. 196 

33:5 Reply to me, if you can;

set your arguments 197  in order before me

and take your stand!

33:6 Look, I am just like you in relation to God;

I too have been molded 198  from clay.

33:7 Therefore no fear of me should terrify you,

nor should my pressure 199  be heavy on you. 200 

Elihu Rejects Job’s Plea of Innocence

33:8 “Indeed, you have said in my hearing 201 

(I heard the sound of the words!):

33:9 202 ‘I am pure, without transgression;

I am clean 203  and have no iniquity.

33:10 204 Yet God 205  finds occasions 206  with me;

he regards me as his enemy!

33:11 207 He puts my feet in shackles;

he watches closely all my paths.’

33:12 Now in this, you are not right – I answer you, 208 

for God is greater than a human being. 209 

33:13 Why do you contend against him,

that he does not answer all a person’s 210  words?

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 perceive 211  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 revelation 212  to people,

and terrifies them with warnings, 213 

33:17 to turn a person from his sin, 214 

and to cover a person’s pride. 215 

33:18 He spares a person’s life from corruption, 216 

his very life from crossing over 217  the river.

33:19 Or a person is chastened 218  by pain on his bed,

and with the continual strife of his bones, 219 

33:20 so that his life loathes food,

and his soul rejects appetizing fare. 220 

33:21 His flesh wastes away from sight,

and his bones, which were not seen,

are easily visible. 221 

33:22 He 222  draws near to the place of corruption,

and his life to the messengers of death. 223 

33:23 If there is an angel beside him,

one mediator 224  out of a thousand,

to tell a person what constitutes his uprightness; 225 

33:24 and if 226  God 227  is gracious to him and says,

‘Spare 228  him from going down

to the place of corruption,

I have found a ransom for him,’ 229 

33:25 then his flesh is restored 230  like a youth’s;

he returns to the days of his youthful vigor. 231 

33:26 He entreats God, and God 232  delights in him,

he sees God’s face 233  with rejoicing,

and God 234  restores to him his righteousness. 235 

33:27 That person sings 236  to others, 237  saying:

‘I have sinned and falsified what is right,

but I was not punished according to what I deserved. 238 

33:28 He redeemed my life 239 

from going down to the place of corruption,

and my life sees the light!’

Elihu’s Appeal to Job 240 

33:29 “Indeed, God does all these things,

twice, three times, in his dealings 241  with a person,

33:30 to turn back his life from the place of corruption,

that he may be enlightened with the light of life.

33:31 Pay attention, Job – listen to me;

be silent, and I will speak.

33:32 If you have any words, 242  reply to me;

speak, for I want to justify you. 243 

33:33 If not, you listen to me;

be silent, and I will teach you wisdom.”


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