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Job 33:23-28
GOD’S WORD Translation
Job 33:23-28
GOD’S WORD Translation
A Third Way God Warns People
23 “If they have a messenger for them,
a spokesman, one in a thousand,
to tell people what is right for them,
24 then he will have pity on them and say,
‘Free them from going into the pit.
I have found a ransom.’
25 Then their flesh will become softer than a child’s.
They will go back to the days of their youth.
26 They will pray to God, who will be pleased with them.
They will see God’s face and shout for joy
as he restores their righteousness.[a]
27 Each one sings in front of other people and says,
‘I sinned and did wrong instead of what was right,
and it did me no good.
28 The messenger has freed my soul from going into the pit,
and my life will see the light.’
Footnotes
- 33:26 Or “restores them to his righteousness.”
Job 33:23-28
New International Version
Job 33:23-28
New International Version
23 Yet if there is an angel at their side,
a messenger,(A) one out of a thousand,
sent to tell them how to be upright,(B)
24 and he is gracious to that person and says to God,
‘Spare them from going down to the pit;(C)
I have found a ransom for them(D)—
25 let their flesh be renewed(E) like a child’s;
let them be restored as in the days of their youth’(F)—
26 then that person can pray to God and find favor with him,(G)
they will see God’s face and shout for joy;(H)
he will restore them to full well-being.(I)
27 And they will go to others and say,
‘I have sinned,(J) I have perverted what is right,(K)
but I did not get what I deserved.(L)
28 God has delivered(M) me from going down to the pit,(N)
and I shall live to enjoy the light of life.’(O)
Job 33:23-28
King James Version
Job 33:23-28
King James Version
23 If there be a messenger with him, an interpreter, one among a thousand, to shew unto man his uprightness:
24 Then he is gracious unto him, and saith, Deliver him from going down to the pit: I have found a ransom.
25 His flesh shall be fresher than a child's: he shall return to the days of his youth:
26 He shall pray unto God, and he will be favourable unto him: and he shall see his face with joy: for he will render unto man his righteousness.
27 He looketh upon men, and if any say, I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, and it profited me not;
28 He will deliver his soul from going into the pit, and his life shall see the light.
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