Job 33:23 Parallel Translations

NASB:

GWT:

"If they have a messenger for them, a spokesman, one in a thousand, to tell people what is right for them,(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

If there be a messenger with him, an interpreter, one among a thousand, to shew unto man his uprightness:

ASV:

If there be with him an angel, An interpreter, one among a thousand, To show unto man what is right for him;

BBE:

If now there may be an angel sent to him, one of the thousands which there are to be between him and God, and to make clear to man what is right for him;

DBY:

If there be a messenger with him, an interpreter, one among a thousand, to shew unto man his duty;

ERV:

If there be with him an angel, an interpreter, one among a thousand, to shew unto man what is right for him;

JPS:

If there be for him an angel, an intercessor, one among a thousand, to vouch for a man's uprightness;

WBS:

If there is a messenger with him, an interpreter, one among a thousand, to show to 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;

YLT:

If there is by him a messenger, An interpreter -- one of a thousand, To declare for man his uprightness:

Job 33:23 Cross References

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Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

33:23 If there be a {m} messenger with him, an interpreter, one among a thousand, {n} to shew unto man his uprightness:
(m) A man sent from God to declare his will.
(n) A singular man, and as one chosen out of a thousand, who is able to declare the great mercies of God to sinners: and in which man's righteousness stands, which is through the justice of Jesus Christ.

WES:

33:23 A messenger - A prophet or teacher. To expound the providence, and point out the design of God therein. One, and c. - A person rightly qualified for this great and hard work, such as there are but very few. To shew - To direct him to the right way how he may please God, and procure that mercy which he thirsts after; which is not by quarrelling with God, but by an humble confession. and supplication for mercy through Christ the redeemer.

MHC:

33:19-28 Job complained of his diseases, and judged by them that God was angry with him; his friends did so too: but Elihu shows that God often afflicts the body for good to the soul. This thought will be of great use for our getting good from sickness, in and by which God speaks to men. Pain is the fruit of sin; yet, by the grace of God, the pain of the body is often made a means of good to the soul. When afflictions have done their work, they shall be removed. A ransom or propitiation is found. Jesus Christ is the Messenger and the Ransom, so Elihu calls him, as Job had called him his Redeemer, for he is both the Purchaser and the Price, the Priest and the sacrifice. So high was the value of souls, that nothing less would redeem them; and so great the hurt done by sin, that nothing less would atone for it, than the blood of the Son of God, who gave his life a ransom for many. A blessed change follows. Recovery from sickness is a mercy indeed, when it proceeds from the remission of sin. All that truly repent of their sins, shall find mercy with God. The works of darkness are unfruitful works; all the gains of sin will come far short of the damage. We must, with a broken and contrite heart, confess our sins to God, 1Jo 1:9. We must confess the fact of sin; and not try to justify or excuse ourselves. We must confess the fault of sin; I have perverted that which was right. We must confess the folly of sin; So foolish have I been and ignorant. Is there not good reason why we should make such a confession?

CONC:

Angel Beside Clear Declare Duty Intercessor Interpreter Man's Mediator Messenger Remind Shew Thousand Thousands Uprightness Vouch

Angel Clear Declare Duty Intercessor Interpreter Mediator Messenger Remind Right Shew Show Side Thousand Thousands Uprightness Vouch

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