22 Yes, his soul draws near the Pit,
And his life to the executioners.

23 “If there is a messenger for him,
A mediator, one among a thousand,
To show man His uprightness,
24 Then He is gracious to him, and says,
‘Deliver him from going down to the Pit;
I have found [a]a ransom’;

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Footnotes

  1. Job 33:24 an atonement

22 They draw near to the pit,(A)
    and their life to the messengers of death.[a](B)
23 Yet if there is an angel at their side,
    a messenger,(C) one out of a thousand,
    sent to tell them how to be upright,(D)
24 and he is gracious to that person and says to God,
    ‘Spare them from going down to the pit;(E)
    I have found a ransom for them(F)

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  1. Job 33:22 Or to the place of the dead