KJV King James Version
If there be a messenger with him, an interpreter, one among a thousand, to shew unto man his uprightness:
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Job 33:23
If there be a messenger with him, an interpreter, one among a thousand, to shew unto man his uprightness:
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Yet if there is a messenger on his side, one mediator in a thousand, to tell a man what is right for him,
WEB World English Bible
“If there is beside him an angel, an interpreter, one among a thousand, to show to man what is right for him;
ASV American Standard Version
If there be with him an angel, An interpreter, one among a thousand, To show unto man what is right for him;
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
If there is by him a messenger, An interpreter—one of a thousand, To declare for man his uprightness:
Surrounding context — Job 33
20 So that his life abhorreth bread, and his soul dainty meat.
21 His flesh is consumed away, that it cannot be seen; and his bones [that] were not seen stick out.
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.
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.
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Malachi 3:1Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, he shall come, saith the LORD of hosts.Ecclesiastes 7:28Which yet my soul seeketh, but I find not: one man among a thousand have I found; but a woman among all those have I not found.2 Corinthians 5:20Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech [you] by us: we pray [you] in Christ’s stead, be ye reconciled to God.Haggai 1:13Then spake Haggai the LORD’S messenger in the LORD’S message unto the people, saying, I [am] with you, saith the LORD.Malachi 2:7For the priest’s lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek the law at his mouth: for he [is] the messenger of the LORD of hosts.Daniel 9:14Therefore hath the LORD watched upon the evil, and brought it upon us: for the LORD our God [is] righteous in all his works which he doeth: for we obeyed not his voice.Ezekiel 18:25-28Yet ye say, The way of the Lord is not equal. Hear now, O house of Israel; Is not my way equal? are not your ways unequal?Lamentations 3:39-41Wherefore doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins?Job 36:3I will fetch my knowledge from afar, and will ascribe righteousness to my Maker.Lamentations 3:32But though he cause grief, yet will he have compassion according to the multitude of his mercies.Psalm 119:75I know, O LORD, that thy judgments [are] right, and [that] thou in faithfulness hast afflicted me.Hebrews 12:5-12And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him:Lamentations 3:22-23[It is of] the LORD’S mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.Isaiah 61:1-3The Spirit of the Lord GOD [is] upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to [them that are] bound;Psalm 94:12Blessed [is] the man whom thou chastenest, O LORD, and teachest him out of thy law;Job 37:23[Touching] the Almighty, we cannot find him out: [he is] excellent in power, and in judgment, and in plenty of justice: he will not afflict.Job 36:8-13And if [they be] bound in fetters, [and] be holden in cords of affliction;Nehemiah 9:33Howbeit thou [art] just in all that is brought upon us; for thou hast done right, but we have done wickedly:
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