Job 33:24
He shall have mercy on him, and shall say : Deliver him, that he may not go down to corruption : I have found wherein I may be merciful to him.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
23If there shall be an angel speaking for him, one among thousands, to declare man's uprightness,
25His flesh is consumed with punishment, let him return to the days of his youth.
Cross References
Exodus 33:19He answered: I will shew thee all good, and I will proclaim in the name of the Lord before thee: and I will have mercy on whom I will, and I will be merciful to whom it shall please me.
Job 22:21Submit thyself then to him, and be at peace: and thereby thou shalt have the best fruits.
Job 36:10He also shall open their ear, to correct them : and shall speak, that they may return from iniquity.
Psalms 22:4But thou dwellest in the holy place, the praise of Israel.
Psalms 40:2With expectation I have waited for the Lord, and he was attentive to me.
Psalms 71:3Be thou unto me a God, a protector, and a place of strength: that thou mayst make me safe. For thou art my firmament and my refuge.
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 →