Job 33:23
If there be with him a [heavenly] agent, an interpreter, one among a thousand, to show to man what is right for him,
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
22Yea, his soul draws near to the pit, and his life to the destroyers.
Cross References
Judges 2:1And the agent of LORD came up from Gilgal to Bochim. And he said, I made you go up out of Egypt, and have brought you to the land which I swore to your fathers. And I said, I will never break my covenant with you.
Nehemiah 9:33However thou are just in all that has come upon us, for thou have dealt truly, but we have done wickedly,
Job 9:33There is no umpire between us who might lay his hand upon us both.
Job 34:10Therefore hearken to me, ye men of understanding. Far be it from me to sin before LORD, and pervert righteousness before the Almighty.
Job 34:32Teach thou me that which I do not see. If I have done iniquity, I will do it no more?
Job 36:3I will fetch my knowledge from afar, and will ascribe righteousness to my maker.
Matthew Henry on Job 33:20-29
19 He is chastened also with pain upon his bed, and the multitude of his bones with strong pain: 20 So that his life abhorreth bread, and his soul dainty meat. 21 His flesh is consumed away, that it cannot be seen; and his bones that were not seen stick out. 22 Yea, his soul draweth near unto the grave, and his life to the destroyers. 23 If there be a messenger with him, an interpreter, one among a thousand, to show unto man his uprightness: 24 Then he is gracious unto him, and saith, Deliver him from going down… Read the whole commentary →