Job 33:19-30

Christian Standard Bible

¹⁹ A person may be disciplined on his bed^(A) with pain
and constant distress in his bones,^(B)
20 so that he detests bread,
and his soul despises his favorite food.^(C)
21 His flesh wastes away to nothing,^[a]
and his unseen bones stick out.
²² He draws near to the Pit,
and his life to the executioners.
²³ If there is an angel^(D) on his side,
one mediator out of a thousand,
to tell a person what is right for him^[b]
24 and to be gracious to him and say,
“Spare him from going down to the Pit;
I have found a ransom,”^(E)
25 then his flesh will be healthier^[c] than in his youth,
and he will return to the days of his youthful vigor.^(F)
26 He will pray to God, and God will delight in him.
That person will see his face^(G) with a shout of joy,
and God will restore his righteousness to him.^(H)
27 He will look at men and say,
“I have sinned and perverted what was right;
yet I did not get what I deserved.^[d]
28 He redeemed my soul from going down to the Pit,
and I will continue to see the light.”
²⁹ God certainly does all these things
two or three times to a person
³⁰ in order to turn him back from the Pit,
so he may shine with the light of life.^(I)