Job 33:23
Yet if there is a messenger on his side, one mediator in a thousand, to tell a man what is right for him,
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In Context
22He draws near to the Pit, and his life to the messengers of death.
24to be gracious to him and say, ‘Spare him from going down to the Pit; I have found his ransom,’
Cross References
Judges 2:1Now the angel of the LORD went up from Gilgal to Bochim and said, “I brought you up out of Egypt and led you into the land that I had promised to your fathers, and I said, ‘I will never break My covenant with you,
Nehemiah 9:33You are just in all that has befallen us, because You have acted faithfully, while we have acted wickedly.
Job 9:33Nor is there a mediator between us, to lay his hand upon us both.
Job 34:10Therefore listen to me, O men of understanding. Far be it from God to do wrong, and from the Almighty to act unjustly.
Job 34:32Teach me what I cannot see; if I have done wrong, I will not do it again.’
Job 36:3I get my knowledge from afar, and I will ascribe justice 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 →