Job 33:23
But if an angel appears, a mediator, one of God's thousands of angels, to tell someone the right way for them,
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22They are close to death; their lives approaching the executioner.
Cross References
Judges 2:1The angel of the Lord went from Gilgal to Bokim and told the people, “I led you out of the land of Egypt and brought you to this land that I promised to your forefathers, and I said I would never break the agreement I made with you.
Nehemiah 9:33But you have done what is right regarding everything that has happened to us. You have always acted faithfully, while we have done so much evil.
Job 9:33If only there was an arbitrator who could bring us both together!
Job 34:10So listen to me, you men of understanding! It's impossible for God to do evil and the Almighty to do wrong.
Job 34:32Show me what I cannot see. If I have done wrong, I won't do it again,’
Job 36:3I will share my extensive knowledge, and I will prove my Creator is in the right.
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 →