Job 33:33

“If not, hearken unto me: hold thy peace, and I shall teach thee wisdom.”

"If not, hearken unto me: hold thy peace, and I shall teach thee wisdom." - Job 33:33
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What does Job 33:33 mean?

Job 33:33 in the King James Version of the Bible reads: "If not, hearken unto me: hold thy peace, and I shall teach thee wisdom." This verse comes from the book of Job, which is part of the Old Testament. Job is a complex and profound book that deals with the problem of human…

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Job 33:33 - "If not, hearken unto me: hold thy peace, and I shall teach thee wisdom."
Job 33:16 - "Then he openeth the ears of men, and sealeth their instruction,"
Job 33:1 - "Wherefore, Job, I pray thee, hear my speeches, and hearken to all my words."
Job 33:31 - "Mark well, O Job, hearken unto me: hold thy peace, and I will speak."
Job 33:29 - "Lo, all these things worketh God oftentimes with man,"
Job 41:33 - "Upon earth there is not his like, who is made without fear."
Job 36:33 - "The noise thereof sheweth concerning it, the cattle also concerning the vapour."
Job 33:14 - "For God speaketh once, yea twice, yet man perceiveth it not."
Job 33:30 - "To bring back his soul from the pit, to be enlightened with the light of the living."
Job 33:20 - "So that his life abhorreth bread, and his soul dainty meat."
Job 38:33 - "Knowest thou the ordinances of heaven? canst thou set the dominion thereof in the earth?"
Job 33:11 - "He putteth my feet in the stocks, he marketh all my paths."
Job 31:33 - "If I covered my transgressions as Adam, by hiding mine iniquity in my bosom:"
Job 33:22 - "Yea, his soul draweth near unto the grave, and his life to the destroyers."
Job 33:23 - "If there be a messenger with him, an interpreter, one among a thousand, to shew unto man his uprightness:"
Job 33:9 - "I am clean without transgression, I am innocent; neither is there iniquity in me."
Job 33:12 - "Behold, in this thou art not just: I will answer thee, that God is greater than man."
Job 33:4 - "The Spirit of God hath made me, and the breath of the Almighty hath given me life."
Job 33:10 - "Behold, he findeth occasions against me, he counteth me for his enemy,"
Job 33:17 - "That he may withdraw man from his purpose, and hide pride from man."
Job 33:19 - "He is chastened also with pain upon his bed, and the multitude of his bones with strong pain:"
Job 33:28 - "He will deliver his soul from going into the pit, and his life shall see the light."
Job 33:32 - "If thou hast any thing to say, answer me: speak, for I desire to justify thee."
Job 33:15 - "In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falleth upon men, in slumberings upon the bed;"
Job 33:5 - "If thou canst answer me, set thy words in order before me, stand up."
Job 33:13 - "Why dost thou strive against him? for he giveth not account of any of his matters."
Job 9:33 - "Neither is there any daysman betwixt us, that might lay his hand upon us both."
Job 33:18 - "He keepeth back his soul from the pit, and his life from perishing by the sword."
Job 33:25 - "His flesh shall be fresher than a child's: he shall return to the days of his youth:"