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22 His soul draws near the Pit,
    and his life to those who bring death.
23 If there be for him an angel,
    a mediator, one of the thousand,
    to declare to man what is right for him;
24 and he is gracious to him, and says,
    ‘Deliver him from going down into the Pit,
    I have found a ransom;

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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

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 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.

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