23 If there is an angel(A) on his side,
one mediator out of a thousand,
to tell a person what is right for him[a]
24 and to be gracious to him and say,
“Spare him from going down to the Pit;
I have found a ransom,”(B)
25 then his flesh will be healthier[b] than in his youth,
and he will return to the days of his youthful vigor.(C)
26 He will pray to God, and God will delight in him.
That person will see his face(D) with a shout of joy,
and God will restore his righteousness to him.(E)
27 He will look at men and say,
“I have sinned and perverted what was right;
yet I did not get what I deserved.[c]
28 He redeemed my soul from going down to the Pit,
and I will continue to see the light.”

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Footnotes

  1. 33:23 Or to vouch for a person’s uprightness
  2. 33:25 Hb obscure
  3. 33:27 Lit and the same was not to me

23 “If there is a messenger beside him, a mediator, one of a thousand,[a]
to declare to a human being his uprightness
24 so that[b] he is gracious to him, and he says,
‘Deliver him from descending into the pit;
I have found a ransom.’
25 His flesh is renewed with his youth;
he returns to the days of his youthful strength.
26 He prays to God, then he accepts him,
and he sees his face with a shout of joy,
and he repays to the human being his righteousness.
27 “He will sing to men, and he will say,
‘I have sinned and have perverted what is right,
and it was not paid back to me.
28 He redeemed my life from going down into the pit,
so[c] I will enjoy the light.’[d]

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Footnotes

  1. Job 33:23 That is, “unique,” or “one of a kind”
  2. Job 33:24 Hebrew “and”
  3. Job 33:28 Hebrew “and”
  4. Job 33:28 Literally “my life in the light will see”