Job 33:12-22

Amplified Bible, Classic Edition

¹² I reply to you, Behold, in this you are not just; God is superior to man.

¹³ Why do you contend against Him? For He does not give account of any of His actions. [Sufficient for us it should be to know that it is He Who does them.]

¹⁴ For God [does reveal His will; He] speaks not only once, but more than once, even though men do not regard it [including you, Job].

¹⁵ [One may hear God’s voice] in a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falls on men while slumbering upon the bed,

¹⁶ Then He opens the ears of men and seals their instruction [terrifying them with warnings],

¹⁷ That He may withdraw man from his purpose and cut off pride from him [disgusting him with his own disappointing self-sufficiency].

¹⁸ He holds him back from the pit [of destruction], and his life from perishing by the sword [of God’s destructive judgments].

¹⁹ [God’s voice may be heard by man when] he is chastened with pain upon his bed and with continual strife in his bones or while all his bones are firmly set,

²⁰ So that his desire makes him loathe food, and even dainty dishes [nauseate him].

²¹ His flesh is so wasted away that it cannot be seen, and his bones that were not seen stick out.

²² Yes, his soul draws near to corruption, and his life to the inflicters of death (the destroyers).