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22 They might approach the very edge of the grave.
    The messengers of death might come for them.

23 “But suppose there is an angel who will speak up for him.
    The angel is very special. He’s one out of a thousand.
    He will tell that person how to do what is right.
24 That angel will be gracious to them. He’ll say to God,
    ‘Spare them from going down into the grave.
    I know a way that can set them free.’

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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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Footnotes

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