Job · Brenton's English Septuagint
Job 33 Brenton's English Septuagint
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Notes on this text (2)
- Square brackets mark words Brenton supplied for English sense.
- Old Testament only (no New Testament). First printed 1844; the 1851 edition added the deuterocanonical books.
1 Howbeit hear, Job, my words, and hearken to my speech.
1 “However, Job, please hear my speech, and listen to all my words.
2 For behold, I have opened my mouth, and my tongue has spoken.
2 See now, I have opened my mouth. My tongue has spoken in my mouth.
3 My heart [shall be found] pure by [my] words; and the understanding of my lips shall meditate purity.
3 My words will utter the uprightness of my heart. That which my lips know they will speak sincerely.
4 The Divine Spirit is that which formed me, and the breath of the Almighty that which teaches me.
4 The Spirit of God has made me, and the breath of the Almighty gives me life.
5 If thou canst, give me an answer: wait therefore; stand against me, and I [will stand] against thee.
5 If you can, answer me. Set your words in order before me, and stand up.
6 Thou art formed out of the clay as also I: we have been formed out of the same [substance].
6 Behold, I am toward God even as you are. I am also formed out of the clay.
7 My fear shall not terrify thee, neither shall my hand be heavy upon thee.
7 Behold, my terror will not make you afraid, neither will my pressure be heavy on you.
8 But thou hast said in mine ears, (I have heard the voice of thy words;) because thou sayest, I am pure, not having sinned;
8 “Surely you have spoken in my hearing, I have heard the voice of your words, saying,
9 I am blameless, for I have not transgressed.
9 ‘I am clean, without disobedience. I am innocent, neither is there iniquity in me.
10 Yet he has discovered a charge against me, and he has reckoned me as an adversary.
10 Behold, he finds occasions against me. He counts me for his enemy.
11 And he has put my foot in the stocks, and has watched all my ways.
11 He puts my feet in the stocks. He marks all my paths.’
12 For how sayest thou, I am righteous, yet he has not hearkened to me? for he that is above mortals is eternal.
12 “Behold, I will answer you. In this you are not just, for God is greater than man.
13 But thou sayest, Why has he not heard every word of my cause?
13 Why do you strive against him, because he doesn’t give account of any of his matters?
14 For when the Lord speaks once, or a second time,
14 For God speaks once, yes twice, though man pays no attention.
15 [sending] a dream, or in the meditation of the night; (as when a dreadful alarm happens to fall upon men, in slumberings on the bed:)
15 In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falls on men, in slumbering on the bed,
16 then opens he the understanding of men: he scares them with such fearful visions:
16 then he opens the ears of men, and seals their instruction,
17 to turn a man from unrighteousness, and he delivers his body from a fall.
17 that he may withdraw man from his purpose, and hide pride from man.
18 He spares also his soul from death, and [suffers] him not to fall in war.
18 He keeps back his soul from the pit, and his life from perishing by the sword.
19 And again, he chastens him with sickness on his bed, and the multitude of his bones is benumbed.
19 “He is chastened also with pain on his bed, with continual strife in his bones,
20 And he shall not be able to take any food, though his soul shall desire meat;
20 so that his life abhors bread, and his soul dainty food.
21 until his flesh shall be consumed, and he shall shew his bones bare.
21 His flesh is so consumed away that it can’t be seen. His bones that were not seen stick out.
22 His soul also draws nigh to death, and his life is in Hades.
22 Yes, his soul draws near to the pit, and his life to the destroyers.
23 Though there should be a thousand messengers of death, not one of them shall wound him: if he should purpose in his heart to turn to the Lord, and declare to man his fault, and shew his folly;
23 “If there is beside him an angel, an interpreter, one among a thousand, to show to man what is right for him,
24 he will support him, that he should not perish, and will restore his body as [fresh] plaster upon a wall; and he will fill his bones with marrow.
24 then God is gracious to him, and says, ‘Deliver him from going down to the pit, I have found a ransom.’
25 And he will make his flesh tender as that of a babe, and he will restore him among men in [his] full strength.
25 His flesh will be fresher than a child’s. He returns to the days of his youth.
26 And he shall pray to the Lord, and his prayer shall be accepted of him; he shall enter with a cheerful countenance, with a full expression [of praise]: for he will render to men [their] due.
26 He prays to God, and he is favorable to him, so that he sees his face with joy. He restores to man his righteousness.
27 Even then a man shall blame himself, saying, What kind of things have I done? and he has not punished me according to the full amount of my sins.
27 He sings before men, and says, ‘I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, and it didn’t profit me.
28 Deliver my soul, that it may not go to destruction, and my life shall see the light.
28 He has redeemed my soul from going into the pit. My life will see the light.’
29 Behold, all these things the Mighty One works in a threefold manner with a man.
29 “Behold, God does all these things, twice, yes three times, with a man,
30 And he has delivered my soul from death, that my life may praise him in the light.
30 to bring back his soul from the pit, that he may be enlightened with the light of the living.
31 Hearken, Job, and hear me: be silent, and I will speak.
31 Mark well, Job, and listen to me. Hold your peace, and I will speak.
32 If thou hast words, answer me: speak, for I desire thee to be justified.
32 If you have anything to say, answer me. Speak, for I desire to justify you.
33 If not, do thou hear me: be silent, and I will teach thee.
33 If not, listen to me. Hold your peace, and I will teach you wisdom.”
Cross references (33)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Job 13:6; Job 34:2; Psalm 49:1–3; Mark 4:9
- 2 Job 3:1; Psalm 78:2; Matthew 5:2; Job 31:30
- 3 Job 27:4; 1 Thessalonians 2:3–4; Proverbs 20:15; Psalm 37:30–31; Proverbs 8:7–8
- 4 Job 32:8; Genesis 2:7; Job 27:3; Job 10:12; 1 Corinthians 15:45
- 5 Job 33:32–33; Acts 10:26; Job 23:4–5; Job 13:18; Job 32:14
- 6 Job 4:19; Job 10:9; 2 Corinthians 5:1; Job 20:22; Job 31:35
- 7 Job 13:21; Job 9:34; Psalm 32:4; Psalm 88:16
- 8 Jeremiah 29:23; Deuteronomy 13:14
- 9 Job 10:7; Job 16:17; Job 11:4; Job 9:21; Job 29:14
- 10 Job 19:11; Job 13:24–25; Job 30:21; Job 10:15–17; Job 31:35
- 11 Job 13:27; Job 31:4; Daniel 4:35; Psalm 105:18; Jeremiah 20:2
- 12 Job 36:5; Ezekiel 18:25; Job 35:2; Job 32:17; Job 34:17–19
- 13 Job 40:2; Isaiah 45:9; Romans 11:34; Daniel 4:35; Isaiah 46:10
- 14 Proverbs 1:24; 2 Chronicles 33:10; Psalm 62:11; Job 33:29; John 3:19
- 15 Numbers 12:6; Job 4:13; Genesis 20:3; Genesis 31:24; Daniel 4:5
- 16 Job 36:10; Job 36:15; Psalm 40:6; Isaiah 50:5; Luke 24:45
- 17 James 4:10; Isaiah 2:11; 2 Chronicles 32:25; Genesis 20:6; Matthew 27:19
- 18 Job 33:28; Job 33:30; 2 Peter 3:9; Romans 2:4; Job 15:22
- 19 Job 30:17; Job 5:17–18; Psalm 119:71; 1 Corinthians 11:32; Psalm 94:12
- 20 Psalm 107:17–18; Job 3:24; Jeremiah 3:19; Amos 5:11; Genesis 3:6
- 21 Job 19:20; Job 13:28; Job 7:5; Proverbs 5:11; Job 14:22
- 22 2 Samuel 24:16; Job 33:28; 1 Corinthians 10:10; Psalm 88:3–5; Job 17:1
- 23 Malachi 3:1; Ecclesiastes 7:28; 2 Corinthians 5:20; Haggai 1:13; Malachi 2:7
- 24 Psalm 49:7–8; Matthew 20:28; 1 Peter 1:18–19; Job 33:18; Hosea 14:4
- 25 Psalm 103:5; 2 Kings 5:14; Joshua 14:10–11; Deuteronomy 34:7; Job 42:16
- 26 Psalm 50:15; Psalm 30:5; Acts 2:28; Acts 9:11; Isaiah 30:19
- 27 Romans 6:21; 2 Samuel 12:13; Psalm 14:2; Jeremiah 31:18–19; Matthew 16:26
- 28 Job 33:24; Job 3:9; Job 3:16; Job 33:22; Job 3:20
- 29 Ephesians 1:11; Philippians 2:13; 1 Corinthians 12:6; Hebrews 13:21; 2 Corinthians 5:5
- 30 Psalm 56:13; Isaiah 38:17; Job 33:28; Psalm 40:1–2; Acts 26:18
- 31 Job 18:2; Job 21:2; Job 13:6; Job 32:11
- 32 Job 22:5–9; Job 15:4–5; Job 27:5; Job 21:27
- 33 Psalm 34:11; Proverbs 8:5; Job 33:3; Proverbs 4:1–2; Proverbs 5:1–2
Cross references: OpenBible.info (CC BY), drawn mainly from the public-domain Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. · Sources & licences
What the Fathers said
Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).
How these were chosen
“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
Job, too, says, The Spirit of God hath made me, and the breath of the Almighty hath given me life.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 9 (1899)