JOB 33:23 Parallel Verse View

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ULT If there is an angel for him, an interpreter,
⇔ one of a thousand,
⇔ to declare to a man his uprightness,

UST However, sometimes a special kind of angel may come to a person
⇔ and tell him on behalf of God how he can change the way that he has been living so that he will not die.

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

OEB Then over him there is an angel
⇔ Interpreter, one of a thousand,
⇔ Who expounds unto man his chastisement,

WEBBE ⇔ “If there is beside him an angel,
⇔ an interpreter, one amongst a thousand,
⇔ to show to man what is right for him,

WMBB (Same as above)

NET If there is an angel beside him,
⇔ one mediator out of a thousand,
⇔ to tell a person what constitutes his uprightness;

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

FBV But if an angel appears, a mediator, one of God's thousands of angels, to tell someone the right way for them,

T4T ⇔ “But sometimes an angel may come to one of us,
⇔ one of the thousands of angels who come to intervene between us and God,
⇔ to tell us what are the right things for us to do.

LEB • [fn] to declare to a human being his uprightness

?:? That is, “unique,” or “one of a kind”

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;

Moff No Moff JOB book available

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

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

DRA If there shall be an angel speaking for him, one among thousands, to declare man’s uprightness,

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

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

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

Wbstr If there is a messenger with him, an interpreter, one among a thousand, to show to man his uprightness:

KJB-1769 If there be a messenger with him, an interpreter, one among a thousand, to shew unto man his uprightness:
(If there be a messenger with him, an interpreter, one among a thousand, to show unto man his uprightness: )

KJB-1611 If there be a messenger with him, an interpreter, one among a thousand, to shew vnto man his vprightnesse:
(If there be a messenger with him, an interpreter, one among a thousand, to show unto man his uprightnesse:)

Bshps Now yf there be a messenger, one among a thousande, sent for to speake vnto man, and to shew him the right way:
(Now if there be a messenger, one among a thousand, sent for to speak unto man, and to show him the right way:)

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

Cvdl Now yf there be an angel (one amonge a thousande) sent for to speake vnto ma, and to shewe him the right waye:
(Now if there be an angel (one among a thousand) sent for to speak unto ma, and to show him the right way:)

Wyc If an aungel, oon of a thousynde, is spekynge for hym, that he telle the equyte of man, God schal haue mercy on hym,
(If an angel, one of a thousand, is speaking for him, that he telle the equyte of man, God shall have mercy on him,)

Luth So dann ein Engel, einer aus tausend, mit ihm redet, zu verkündigen dem Menschen, wie er solle recht tun,
(So dann a angel, einer out_of tausend, with him redet, to verkündigen to_him Menschen, like he solle recht do/put,)

ClVg Si fuerit pro eo angelus loquens, unus de millibus, ut annuntiet hominis æquitatem,
(When/But_if has_been for eo angelus loquens, unus about thousands, as annuntiet of_man æquitatem, )

BrTr Though there should be a thousand messengers of death, not one of them shall wound him: if he should purpose in his heart to turn to the Lord, and declare to man his fault, and shew his folly;

BrLXX Ἐὰν ὦσι χιλιοι αγγελοι θανατηφόροι, εἷς αὐτῶν οὐ μὴ τρώσῃ αὐτόν· ἐὰν νοήσῃ τῇ καρδίᾳ ἐπιστραφῆναι πρὸς Κύριον, ἀναγγείλῃ δὲ ἀνθρώπῳ τὴν ἑαυτοῦ μέμψιν, τὴν δὲ ἄνοιαν αὐτοῦ δείξῃ,
(Ean ōsi ⱪilioi angeloi thanataʸforoi, heis autōn ou maʸ trōsaʸ auton; ean noaʸsaʸ taʸ kardia epistrafaʸnai pros Kurion, anangeilaʸ de anthrōpōi taʸn heautou mempsin, taʸn de anoian autou deixaʸ, )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-logic-contrast

אִם

Elihu is drawing an implict contrast between the angels of death whom he described in the previous verse and the type of angel he describes in this verse, who helps keep a person from going “down to the pit” (as he says in the next verse). If it would be helpful to your readers, you could indicate the contrast explicitly in your translation. Alternate translation: “But if”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

מֵלִ֗יץ

mediator

The word translated interpreter is used elsewhere in the Bible to mean someone who translates what someone says in one language into another language, for example, in Genesis 42:23. Here, however, it implicitly means someone who speaks on behalf of another person, not necessarily translating what that person says into another language. Alternate translation: “an advocate” or “a spokesman”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

אֶחָ֥ד מִנִּי־אָ֑לֶף

one(ms) out_of a_thousand

Elihu does not necessarily mean that exactly one out of every thousand angels is an interpreter such as he describes. Instead, this expression may mean in a general sense that such angels are rare. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “that rare kind of angel”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

לְ⁠הַגִּ֖יד לְ⁠אָדָ֣ם יָשְׁרֽ⁠וֹ

to=announce to/for=ʼĀdām/humankind what_is_right,him

This could mean: (1) that the angel would declare to a person how he would need to change his actions so that he would be upright or have a right standing with God (his would refer to the person) or so that his actions would conform to God’s uprightness (his would refer to God). Alternate translation: “to declare to a person how he needs to change his actions in order to become upright” (2) that the angel would declare to God on behalf of a person (the word translated to would mean “for”) that the person was upright or had the potential to change his actions and become upright and so did not need to die. Alternate translation: “to declare to God on a person’s behalf that he is upright”

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