Job 33 — Overview

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Job 33:1, Elihu offers himself instead of God to reason with Job; Job 33:8, He excuses God from giving man an account of his ways, by his greatness; Job 33:14, God calls man to repentance by visions, by afflictions, and by his ministry; Job 33:31, He incites Job to attention.

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