Job 33
KJ3 Literal Translation — Chapter 33 of 42
Chapter Summary
1 Elihu offers to reason with Job. 8 He excuses Jehovah from giving man an account of his ways, by His greatness. 14 Jehovah calls man to repentance by visions, 19 by afflictions, 23 and by His mediator.
Key Hebrew Words
People & Context
Speaking, he urges Job to listen, defends God's ways, and describes how God warns and ransoms a man from the Pit.
Directly addressed by name and called to answer or else listen as Elihu reasons with him (vv. 1, 31).
Timeline
Elihu speaks directly to Job, assuring him he is also formed of clay. He quotes Job's claims of being pure and without transgression, as well as Job's accusation that God unjustly treats him as an enemy.
Job 33:1-13Elihu argues that God does answer man, speaking through dreams and visions to turn man from pride, and through physical pain to save his soul from the Pit. He mentions that a mediator can provide a ransom to restore man's righteousness.
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