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Text -- Job 33:14-28 (NET)
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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 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 to people, and terrifies them with warnings ,
33:17 to turn a person from his sin , and to cover a person’s pride .
33:18 He spares a person’s life from corruption , his very life from crossing over the river .
33:19 Or a person is chastened by pain on his bed , and with the continual strife of his bones ,
33:20 so that his life loathes food , and his soul rejects appetizing fare .
33:21 His flesh wastes away from sight , and his bones , which were not seen , are easily visible .
33:22 He draws near to the place of corruption , and his life to the messengers of death .
33:23 If there is an angel beside him, one mediator out of a thousand , to tell a person what constitutes his uprightness ;
33:24 and if God is gracious to him and says , ‘Spare him from going down to the place of corruption , I have found a ransom for him,’
33:25 then his flesh is restored like a youth’s ; he returns to the days of his youthful vigor.
33:26 He entreats God , and God delights in him, he sees God’s face with rejoicing , and God restores to him his righteousness .
33:27 That person sings to others , saying : ‘I have sinned and falsified what is right , but I was not punished according to what I deserved .
33:28 He redeemed my life from going down to the place of corruption , and my life sees the light !’
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
Elihu |
Job |
Philosophy |
God |
Agency |
AFFLICTION |
Conviction |
Wicked |
Afflictions and Adversities |
Dream |
Prophets |
Repentant Ones |
Repentance |
Ransom |
Jesus, The Christ |
Pain |
Joy |
Righteousness |
Wisdom |
Prayer |
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NET Notes -> Job 33:14; Job 33:16; Job 33:16; Job 33:17; Job 33:17; Job 33:18; Job 33:18; Job 33:19; Job 33:19; Job 33:20; Job 33:21; Job 33:22; Job 33:22; Job 33:23; Job 33:23; Job 33:24; Job 33:24; Job 33:24; Job 33:24; Job 33:25; Job 33:25; Job 33:26; Job 33:26; Job 33:26; Job 33:26; Job 33:26; Job 33:27; Job 33:27; Job 33:27; Job 33:28
NET Notes: Job 33:14 The Syriac and the Vulgate have “and he does not repeat it,” a reading of the text as it is, according to E. Dhorme (Job, 403). But his ar...
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NET Notes: Job 33:16 Heb “and seals their bonds.” The form of the present translation, “and terrifies them with warnings,” is derived only by emend...
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NET Notes: Job 33:17 Here too the sense of the MT is difficult to recover. Some translations took it to mean that God hides pride from man. Many commentators changed ...
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NET Notes: Job 33:18 Here is another difficult line. The verb normally means “to pass through; to pass over,” and so this word would normally mean “from ...
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NET Notes: Job 33:19 The Kethib “the strife of his bones is continual,” whereas the Qere has “the multitude of his bones are firm.” The former is t...
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NET Notes: Job 33:20 Heb “food of desire.” The word “rejects” is not in the Hebrew text, but is supplied in the translation for clarity.
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NET Notes: Job 33:21 Heb “are laid bare.” This is the Qere reading; the Kethib means “bare height.” Gordis reverses the word order: “his bone...
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NET Notes: Job 33:22 The MT uses the Hiphil participle, “to those who cause death.” This seems to be a reference to the belief in demons that brought about dea...
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NET Notes: Job 33:23 This is a smoother reading. The MT has “to tell to a man his uprightness,” to reveal what is right for him. The LXX translated this word &...
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NET Notes: Job 33:24 This verse and v. 28 should be compared with Ps 49:7-9, 15 (8-10, 16 HT) where the same basic vocabulary and concepts are employed.
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NET Notes: Job 33:25 The word describes the period when the man is healthy and vigorous, ripe for what life brings his way.
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NET Notes: Job 33:26 Many commentators think this line is superfluous and so delete it. The RSV changed the verb to “he recounts,” making the idea that the man...
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NET Notes: Job 33:27 The verb שָׁוָה (shavah) has the impersonal meaning here, “it has not been requited to me.” The meanin...
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