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Job 33

Job 33:23 KJV (With Strong’s)

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If there
yesh (Hebrew #3426)
entity; used adverbially or as a copula for the substantive verb (1961); there is or are (or any other form of the verb to be, as may suit the connection)
KJV usage: (there) are, (he, it, shall, there, there may, there shall, there should) be, thou do, had, hast, (which) hath, (I, shalt, that) have, (he, it, there) is, substance, it (there) was, (there) were, ye will, thou wilt, wouldest.
Pronounce: yaysh
Origin: perhaps from an unused root meaning to stand out, or exist
be a messenger
mal'ak (Hebrew #4397)
a messenger; specifically, of God, i.e. an angel (also a prophet, priest or teacher)
KJV usage: ambassador, angel, king, messenger.
Pronounce: mal-awk'
Origin: from an unused root meaning to despatch as a deputy
with him, an interpreter
luwts (Hebrew #3887)
properly, to make mouths at, i.e. to scoff; hence (from the effort to pronounce a foreign language) to interpret, or (generally) intercede
KJV usage: ambassador, have in derision, interpreter, make a mock, mocker, scorn(-er, -ful), teacher.
Pronounce: loots
Origin: a primitive root
, one
'echad (Hebrew #259)
properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first
KJV usage: a, alike, alone, altogether, and, any(-thing), apiece, a certain, (dai-)ly, each (one), + eleven, every, few, first, + highway, a man, once, one, only, other, some, together,
Pronounce: ekh-awd'
Origin: a numeral from 258
among a thousand
'eleph (Hebrew #505)
hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousand
KJV usage: thousand.
Pronounce: eh'-lef
Origin: prop, the same as 504
, to show
nagad (Hebrew #5046)
properly, to front, i.e. stand boldly out opposite; by implication (causatively), to manifest; figuratively, to announce (always by word of mouth to one present); specifically, to expose, predict, explain, praise
KJV usage: bewray, X certainly, certify, declare(-ing), denounce, expound, X fully, messenger, plainly, profess, rehearse, report, shew (forth), speak, X surely, tell, utter.
Pronounce: naw-gad'
Origin: a primitive root
unto man
'adam (Hebrew #120)
ruddy i.e. a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.)
KJV usage: X another, + hypocrite, + common sort, X low, man (mean, of low degree), person.
Pronounce: aw-dawm'
Origin: from 119
his uprightness
yosher (Hebrew #3476)
the right
KJV usage: equity, meet, right, upright(-ness).
Pronounce: yo'-sher
Origin: from 3474
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Cross References

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a messenger.
Judg. 2:1• 1And the Angel of Jehovah came up from Gilgal to Bochim, and said, I made you to go up out of Egypt, and have brought you to the land which I swore unto your fathers; and I said, I will never break my covenant with you; and as for you, (Judg. 2:1)
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2 Chron. 36:15‑16• 15And Jehovah the God of their fathers sent to them by his messengers, rising up early and sending; because he had compassion on his people and on his dwelling-place.
 16But they mocked at the messengers of God, and despised his words, and scoffed at his prophets, until the fury of Jehovah rose against his people, and there was no remedy. (2 Chron. 36:15‑16)
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Hag. 1:13• 13Then spoke Haggai, Jehovah's messenger, in Jehovah's message unto the people, saying, I am with you, saith Jehovah. (Hag. 1:13)
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Mal. 2:7• 7For the priest's lips should keep knowledge, and at his mouth they seek the law; for he is the messenger of Jehovah of hosts. (Mal. 2:7)
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Mal. 3:1• 1Behold, I send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me; and the Lord whom ye seek will suddenly come to his temple, and the Angel of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, he cometh, saith Jehovah of hosts. (Mal. 3:1)
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2 Cor. 5:20• 20We are ambassadors therefore for Christ, God as it were beseeching by us, we entreat for Christ, Be reconciled to God. (2 Cor. 5:20)
an interpreter.
Job 34:32• 32What I see not, teach thou me; if I have done wrong, I will do so no more? (Job 34:32)
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Psa. 94:12• 12Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O Jah, and whom thou teachest out of thy law; (Psa. 94:12)
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Isa. 61:1‑3• 1The Spirit of the Lord Jehovah is upon me, because Jehovah hath anointed me to announce glad tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the broken-hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and opening of the prison to them that are bound;
 2to proclaim the acceptable year of Jehovah, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn;
 3to appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, that beauty should be given unto them instead of ashes, the oil of joy instead of mourning, the garment of praise instead of the spirit of heaviness: that they might be called terebinths of righteousness, the planting of Jehovah, that he may be glorified. (Isa. 61:1‑3)
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Acts 8:30• 30And Philip, running up, heard him reading the prophet Esaias, and said, Dost thou then know what thou art reading of? (Acts 8:30)
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1 Cor. 11:30‑32• 30On this account many among you are weak and infirm, and a good many are fallen asleep.
 31But if we judged ourselves, so were we not judged.
 32But being judged, we are disciplined of the Lord, that we may not be condemned with the world. (1 Cor. 11:30‑32)
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Heb. 12:5‑12• 5And ye have quite forgotten the exhortation which speaks to you as to sons: My son, despise not the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when reproved by him;
 6for whom the Lord loves he chastens, and scourges every son whom he receives.
 7Ye endure for chastening, God conducts himself towards you as towards sons; for who is the son that the father chastens not?
 8But if ye are without chastening, of which all have been made partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons.
 9Moreover we have had the fathers of our flesh as chasteners, and we reverenced them; shall we not much rather be in subjection to the Father of spirits, and live?
 10For they indeed chastened for a few days, as seemed good to them; but he for profit, in order to the partaking of his holiness.
 11But no chastening at the time seems to be matter of joy, but of grief; but afterwards yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those exercised by it.
 12Wherefore lift up the hands that hang down, and the failing knees; (Heb. 12:5‑12)
one.
Job 9:3• 3If he shall choose to strive with him, he cannot answer him one thing of a thousand. (Job 9:3)
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Eccl. 7:28• 28which my soul yet seeketh, and I have not found: one man among a thousand have I found, but a woman among all those have I not found. (Eccl. 7:28)
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Rom. 11:13• 13For I speak to you, the nations, inasmuch as *I* am apostle of nations, I glorify my ministry; (Rom. 11:13)
to.
Job 11:6• 6And that he would shew thee the secrets of wisdom, how that they are the double of what is realised; and know that +God passeth by much of thine iniquity! (Job 11:6)
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Job 34:10,12• 10Therefore hearken unto me, ye men of understanding: Far be wickedness from *God, and wrong from the Almighty!
 12Yea, surely, *God acteth not wickedly, and the Almighty perverteth not judgment. (Job 34:10,12)
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Job 35:14• 14Although thou sayest thou dost not see him, judgment is before him, therefore wait for him. (Job 35:14)
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Job 36:3,8‑13• 3I will fetch my knowledge from afar, and will ascribe righteousness to my Creator.
 8And if, bound in fetters, they be held in cords of affliction,
 9Then he sheweth them their work, and their transgressions, because they have increased.
 10And he openeth their ear to discipline, and commandeth that they return from iniquity.
 11If they hearken and serve him, they shall accomplish their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasures.
 12But if they hearken not, they shall pass away by the sword, and expire without knowledge.
 13But the godless in heart heap up anger; they cry not when he bindeth them: (Job 36:3,8‑13)
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Job 37:23• 23The Almighty, we cannot find him out: excellent in power, and in judgment, and in abundance of justice, he doth not afflict. (Job 37:23)
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Neh. 9:33• 33But thou art just in all that is come upon us; for thou hast acted according to truth, and we have done wickedly. (Neh. 9:33)
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Psa. 119:75• 75I know, Jehovah, that thy Judgments are righteousness, and that in faithfulness thou hast afflicted me. (Psa. 119:75)
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Lam. 3:22‑23,32,39‑41• 22It is of Jehovah's loving-kindness we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not;
 23they are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness.
 32but if he have caused grief, he will have compassion according to the multitude of his loving-kindnesses:
 39Wherefore doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins?
 40Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to Jehovah.
 41Let us lift up our heart with our hands unto *God in the heavens. (Lam. 3:22‑23,32,39‑41)
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Ezek. 18:25‑28• 25And ye say, The way of the Lord is not equal. Hear then, house of Israel. Is not my way equal? are not your ways unequal?
 26When the righteous turneth away from his righteousness, and practiseth what is wrong, and dieth for it; in his wrong that he hath done shall he die.
 27And when the wicked turneth from his wickedness which he hath committed, and doeth judgment and justice, he shall keep his soul alive.
 28Because he considereth, and turneth from all his transgressions which he hath committed, he shall certainly live, he shall not die. (Ezek. 18:25‑28)
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Dan. 9:14• 14And Jehovah hath watched over the evil, and brought it upon us; for Jehovah our God is righteous in all his works which he hath done; and we have not hearkened unto his voice. (Dan. 9:14)
• His righteousness revealed, and man’s recovery (vers. 23-30). (“Job 32-37” by S. Ridout)
• If man is to profit by this chastening of God, he must understand its purpose and for this is needed one who can explain it. The word for “messenger” is “angel,” and this suggests a supernatural revealer of the mind of God. This we find frequently throughout the Old Testament, where the “angel” made known the will of God (see Judges 2:1; 13:3, etc.). The “angel of Jehovah” is indeed His representative, so completely so as to be referred to as Jehovah Himself (“The angel of His presence,” Isa. 63:9, etc.). Here we have a suggestion of the Mediator, and this is accentuated by the next word, “an Interpreter,” or “Mediator” (see Gen. 42:23; 2 Chron. 32:21) —one who, as an ambassador, is sent to make known the mind of God. Nor will an ordinary messenger suffice; it must be “one of a thousand” —a phrase reminding us of “the chiefest among ten thousand” (Song 5:10). (“Job 32-37” by S. Ridout)

J. N. Darby Translation

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

JND Translation Notes

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Adam. see Ps. 8.4.
h
Or "uprightness," i.e. in judging himself.