Job 33:23

²¹ His flesh wastes away from sight, and his hidden bones protrude.

²² He draws near to the Pit, and his life to the messengers of death.

Yet if there is a messenger on his side, one mediator in a thousand, to tell a man what is right for him,

²⁴ to be gracious to him and say, ‘Spare him from going down to the Pit; I have found his ransom,’

²⁵ then his flesh is refreshed like a child’s; he returns to the days of his youth.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: Yet if there is a messenger on his side, one mediator in a thousand, to tell a man what is right for him,
KJV: If there be a messenger with him, an interpreter, one among a thousand, to shew unto man his uprightness:
WEB: “If there is beside him an angel, an interpreter, one among a thousand, to show to man what is right for him,
ASV: If there be with him an angel, An interpreter, one among a thousand, To show unto man what is right for him;
DARBY: If there be a messenger with him, an interpreter, one among a thousand, to shew unto man his duty;
BLB: If there is a messenger for him, a mediator, one among a thousand, to declare to man his uprightness,

ÅB: Er det da hos ham en engel, en tolk, en av tusen, som forkynner mennesket dets rette vei,
OTB: Men hvis det er en engel på deres side, en mellommann,
en av tusen,
for å vise dem hva som er rett,
B1930: Er det da hos ham en engel, en tolk, en av tusen, som forkynner mennesket dets rette vei,

Malachi 3:1
“Behold, I will send My messenger, who will prepare the way before Me. Then the Lord whom you seek will suddenly come to His temple—the Messenger of the covenant, in whom you delight—see, He is coming,” says the LORD of Hosts.
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Ecclesiastes 7:28
While my soul was still searching but not finding, among a thousand I have found one upright man, but among all these I have not found one such woman.
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2 Corinthians 5:20
Therefore we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were making His appeal through us. We implore you on behalf of Christ: Be reconciled to God.
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Haggai 1:13
Haggai, the messenger of the LORD, delivered the message of the LORD to the people: “I am with you,” declares the LORD.
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Malachi 2:7
For the lips of a priest should preserve knowledge, and people should seek instruction from his mouth, because he is the messenger of the LORD of Hosts.
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Psalms 119:75
I know, O LORD, that Your judgments are righteous, and that in faithfulness You have afflicted me.
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Job 36:3
I get my knowledge from afar, and I will ascribe justice to my Maker.
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Job 36:8–13
And if men are bound with chains, caught in cords of affliction,
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