Job 33:23
“If there is beside him an angel, an interpreter, one among a thousand, to show to man what is right for him,
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22Yes, his soul draws near to the pit, and his life to the destroyers.
Cross References
Judges 2:1The LORD’s angel came up from Gilgal to Bochim. He said, “I brought you out of Egypt, and have brought you to the land which I swore to give your fathers. I said, ‘I will never break my covenant with you.
Nehemiah 9:33However you are just in all that has come on us; for you have dealt truly, but we have done wickedly.
Job 9:33There is no umpire between us, that might lay his hand on us both.
Job 34:10“Therefore listen to me, you men of understanding: far be it from God, that he should do wickedness, from the Almighty, that he should commit iniquity.
Job 34:32Teach me that which I don’t see. If I have done iniquity, I will do it no more’?
Job 36:3I will get my knowledge from afar, and will ascribe righteousness 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 →