Job 33:23 “Yet if there is a messenger on his side, one mediator in a thousand, t…”

Job 33:23

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

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,

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;

Geneva Bible 1599

If there be a messenger with him, or an interpreter, one of a thousand to declare vnto man his righteousnesse,

Darby Translation

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

Young's Literal Translation

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

Bible in Basic English

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;

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Cross references

“a messenger”

Malachi 3:1 2 Corinthians 5:20 Haggai 1:13 Malachi 2:7 Judges 2:1 2 Chronicles 36:15

Malachi 3:1 · BSB

“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…

2 Corinthians 5:20 · BSB

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.

Haggai 1:13 · BSB

Haggai, the messenger of the LORD, delivered the message of the LORD to the people: “I am with you,” declares the LORD.

Malachi 2:7 · BSB

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.

Judges 2:1 · BSB

Now the angel of the LORD went up from Gilgal to Bochim and said, “I brought you up out of Egypt and led you into the land that I had promised to your fathers, and I said, ‘I will never break My covenant with you,

2 Chronicles 36:15 · BSB

Again and again the LORD, the God of their fathers, sent word to His people through His messengers because He had compassion on them and on His dwelling place.

“an interpreter”

Psalm 94:12 Isaiah 61:1–3 Hebrews 12:5–12 Job 34:32 1 Corinthians 11:30–32 Acts 8:30

Psalm 94:12 · BSB

Blessed is the man You discipline, O LORD, and teach from Your law,

Isaiah 61:1–3 · BSB

The Spirit of the Lord GOD is on Me, because the LORD has anointed Me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent Me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and freedom to the prisoners,

Hebrews 12:5–12 · BSB

And you have forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as sons: “My son, do not take lightly the discipline of the Lord, and do not lose heart when He rebukes you.

Job 34:32 · BSB

Teach me what I cannot see; if I have done wrong, I will not do it again.’

1 Corinthians 11:30–32 · BSB

That is why many among you are weak and sick, and a number of you have fallen asleep.

Acts 8:30 · BSB

So Philip ran up and heard the man reading Isaiah the prophet. “Do you understand what you are reading?” Philip asked.

“one”

Ecclesiastes 7:28 Job 9:3 Romans 11:13

Ecclesiastes 7:28 · BSB

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.

Job 9:3 · BSB

If one wished to contend with God, he could not answer Him one time out of a thousand.

Romans 11:13 · BSB

I am speaking to you Gentiles. Inasmuch as I am the apostle to the Gentiles, I magnify my ministry

“to”

Job 36:3 Job 36:8–13 Job 37:23 Psalm 119:75 Lamentations 3:32 Lamentations 3:39–41

Job 36:3 · BSB

I get my knowledge from afar, and I will ascribe justice to my Maker.

Job 36:8–13 · BSB

And if men are bound with chains, caught in cords of affliction,

Job 37:23 · BSB

The Almighty is beyond our reach; He is exalted in power! In His justice and great righteousness He does not oppress.

Psalm 119:75 · BSB

I know, O LORD, that Your judgments are righteous, and that in faithfulness You have afflicted me.

Lamentations 3:32 · BSB

Even if He causes grief, He will show compassion according to His abundant loving devotion.

Lamentations 3:39–41 · BSB

Why should any mortal man complain, in view of his sins?

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

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

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

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