Job 33:23 · KJV
“If there be a messenger with him, an interpreter, one among a thousand, to shew unto man his uprightness:”
— Job 33:23
Yea, his soul draweth near unto the grave, and his life to the destroyers.
Then he is gracious unto him, and saith, Deliver him from going down to the pit: I have found a ransom. {a ransom: or, an atonement}
Job 33 — Context
His flesh is consumed away, that it cannot be seen; and his bones {that} were not seen stick out.
22Yea, his soul draweth near unto the grave, and his life to the destroyers.
23If there be a messenger with him, an interpreter, one among a thousand, to shew unto man his uprightness:
24Then he is gracious unto him, and saith, Deliver him from going down to the pit: I have found a ransom. {a ransom: or, an atonement}
25His flesh shall be fresher than a child's: he shall return to the days of his youth: {a child's: Heb. childhood}
Cross References
Malachi 3:1
Behold, 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.
2 Corinthians 5:20
Now 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.
Ecclesiastes 7:28
Which 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.
Malachi 2:7
For 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.
Haggai 1:13
Then spake Haggai the LORD'S messenger in the LORD'S message unto the people, saying, I {am} with you, saith the LORD.
Lamentations 3:22-23
{It is of} the LORD'S mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.
Psalms 94:12
Blessed {is} the man whom thou chastenest, O LORD, and teachest him out of thy law;
Isaiah 61:1-3
The 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;