Job 33:24
he will have mercy on him, and he will say, “Free him, so that he will not descend to destruction. I have found a reason to be favorable to him.
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23If there were an angel speaking for him, one among thousands, to declare the fairness of the man,
25His body is consumed by suffering. Let him return to the days of his youth.”
Cross References
Exodus 33:19He responded: “I will show you all that is good, and I will call out with the name of the Lord before you. And I will take pity on whomever I will, and I will be lenient to whomever it will please me.”
Job 22:21So, repose yourself with him and be at peace, and, in this way, you will have the best fruits.
Job 36:10Likewise, he will open their ears to his correction, and he will speak to them, so that they may return from iniquity.
Psalms 22:4For, even if I should walk in the midst of the shadow of death, I will fear no evils. For you are with me. Your rod and your staff, they have given me consolation.
Psalms 40:2Blessed is he who shows understanding toward the needy and the poor. The Lord will deliver him in the evil day.
Psalms 71:3Let the mountains take up peace for the people, and the hills, justice.
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 →