Job 33:23-28

New International Version

²³Yet 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)
²⁴and 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)—
²⁵let their flesh be renewed^(E) like a child’s;
    let them be restored as in the days of their youth’^(F)—
²⁶then 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)
²⁷And 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)
²⁸God has delivered^(M) me from going down to the pit,^(N)
    and I shall live to enjoy the light of life.’^(O)

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Job 33:23-28

English Standard Version

²³If there be for him ^(A)an angel,
    ^(B)a mediator, ^(C)one of the thousand,
    to declare to man what is ^(D)right for him,
²⁴and he is merciful to him, and says,
    ‘Deliver him from going down into the pit;
    I have found ^(E)a ransom;
²⁵let his flesh ^(F)become fresh with youth;
    let him return to the days of his youthful vigor’;
²⁶then man^[a] ^(G)prays to God, and he accepts him;
    he ^(H)sees his face with a shout of joy,
and he ^(I)restores to man his righteousness.
²⁷    He sings before men and says:
‘I ^(J)sinned and perverted what was right,
    and it was not repaid to me.
²⁸He has redeemed my ^(K)soul from going down ^(L)into the pit,
    and my life shall ^(M)look upon the light.’