22 His soul draws near (A)the pit,
    and his life to (B)those who bring death.
23 If there be for him (C)an angel,
    (D)a mediator, (E)one of the thousand,
    to declare to man what is (F)right for him,
24 and he is merciful to him, and says,
    ‘Deliver him from going down into the pit;
    I have found (G)a ransom;

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22 They draw near to the pit,(A)
    and their life to the messengers of death.[a](B)
23 Yet if there is an angel at their side,
    a messenger,(C) one out of a thousand,
    sent to tell them how to be upright,(D)
24 and he is gracious to that person and says to God,
    ‘Spare them from going down to the pit;(E)
    I have found a ransom for them(F)

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Footnotes

  1. Job 33:22 Or to the place of the dead