Job 33:23

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.

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:

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, 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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Psalms 119:75
I know, O LORD, that thy judgments are right, and that thou in faithfulness hast afflicted me.
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Job 36:3
I will fetch my knowledge from afar, and will ascribe righteousness to my Maker.
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Job 36:8–13
And if they be bound in fetters, and be holden in cords of affliction;
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