Job

Job 33:23–24

²³Yet if there is a messenger on his side,

one mediator in a thousand,

to tell a man what is right for him,

²⁴to be gracious to him and say,

‘Spare him from going down to the Pit;

I have found his ransom,’

Word by word

Each English word or phrase beside the Hebrew it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Yet if	אִם־	’im-	Conjunction	H518 if
there is	יֵ֤שׁ	yêš	Adverb	H3426 being, substance, existence
a messenger	מַלְאָ֗ךְ	mal·’āḵ	Noun - masculine singular	H4397 messenger
on his side	עָלָ֨יו׀	‘ā·lāw	Preposition; third person masculine singular	H5921 height
one	אֶחָ֥ד	’e·ḥāḏ	Number - masculine singular	H259 one
mediator	מֵלִ֗יץ	mê·lîṣ	Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular	H3887 scorn
in	מִנִּי־	min·nî-	Preposition	H4480 out of, from, on account of, off, on the side of, since, above, than, so that not
a thousand	אָ֑לֶף	’ā·lep̄	Number - masculine singular	H505 thousand
to tell	לְהַגִּ֖יד	lə·hag·gîḏ	Preposition-l; Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct	H5046 be conspicuous
a man	לְאָדָ֣ם	lə·’ā·ḏām	Preposition-l; Noun - masculine singular	H120 man, mankind
what is right for him	יָשְׁרֽוֹ׃	yā·šə·rōw	Noun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine singular	H3476 straightness, uprightness

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
to be gracious	וַיְחֻנֶּ֗נּוּ	way·ḥun·nen·nū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular; third person masculine singular	H2603 shew favour, be gracious
to him and say	וַיֹּ֗אמֶר	way·yō·mer	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H559 utter, say
Spare him	פְּ֭דָעֵהוּ	pə·ḏā·‘ê·hū	Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular; third person masculine singular	H6308 retrieve
from going down	מֵרֶ֥דֶת	mê·re·ḏeṯ	Preposition-m; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct	H3381 come or go down, descend
to the Pit	שָׁ֗חַת	šā·ḥaṯ	Noun - feminine singular	H7845 pit
I have found	מָצָ֥אתִי	mā·ṣā·ṯî	Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular	H4672 attain to, find
his ransom	כֹֽפֶר׃	ḵō·p̄er	Noun - masculine singular	H3724 the price of a life, ransom

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Job 33:23 Malachi 3:1 · Ecclesiastes 7:28 · 2 Corinthians 5:20 · Haggai 1:13 · Malachi 2:7 · Job 36:8–13 · Isaiah 61:1–3 · Daniel 9:14 · Job 37:23 · Psalm 119:75 · Lamentations 3:22–23 · Hebrews 12:5–12

Job 33:24 Psalm 49:7–8 · Job 33:18 · 1 Peter 1:18–19 · Matthew 20:28 · Hosea 14:4 · Job 22:21 · Zechariah 9:11 · Romans 5:20–21 · Micah 7:18–20 · Exodus 33:19 · 1 Timothy 2:6

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.