Job 33:23
Though there should be a thousand messengers of death, not one of them shall wound him: if he should purpose in his heart to turn to the Lord, and declare to man his fault, and shew his folly;
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
In Context
22His soul also draws nigh to death, and his life is in Hades.
Cross References
Judges 2:1And an angel of the Lord went up from Galgal to the + 2:1 Heb. ככיס. place of weeping, and to Bæthel, and to the house of Israel, and said to them, Thus says the Lord, I brought you up out of Egypt, and I brought you into the land which I sware to your fathers; and I said, I will never break my covenant that I have made with you.
Nehemiah 9:33But thou art righteous in all the things that come upon us; for thou hast wrought faithfully, but we have greatly sinned.
Job 9:33Would that he our mediator were present, and a reprover, and one who should hear the cause between both.
Job 34:10Wherefore hear me, ye that are wise in heart: far be it from me to sin before the Lord, and to pervert righteousness before the Almighty.
Job 34:32I will see apart from myself: do thou shew me if I have done unrighteousness; I will not do so any more.
Job 36:3Having fetched my knowledge from afar, and according to my works,
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 →