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He does not keep the wicked alive,
    but gives (A)the afflicted their right.

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He does not keep the wicked alive(A)
    but gives the afflicted their rights.(B)

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15 In (A)a dream, in (B)a vision of (C)the night,
    when (D)deep sleep falls on men,
    while they slumber on their beds,
16 then he (E)opens the ears of men
    and terrifies them with warnings,
17 that he may turn man aside from his (F)deed
    and conceal pride from a man;
18 he keeps back his soul from the pit,
    his life from (G)perishing by the sword.
19 “Man is also rebuked with pain on his bed
    and with continual strife in his (H)bones,
20 so that his (I)life loathes bread,
    and his appetite (J)the choicest food.
21 His flesh is so wasted away that it cannot be seen,
    and his bones that were not seen (K)stick out.
22 His soul draws near (L)the pit,
    and his life to (M)those who bring death.
23 If there be for him (N)an angel,
    (O)a mediator, (P)one of the thousand,
    to declare to man what is (Q)right for him,
24 and he is merciful to him, and says,
    ‘Deliver him from going down into the pit;
    I have found (R)a ransom;
25 let his flesh (S)become fresh with youth;
    let him return to the days of his youthful vigour’;
26 then man[a] (T)prays to God, and he accepts him;
    he (U)sees his face with a shout of joy,
and he (V)restores to man his righteousness.
27     He sings before men and says:
‘I (W)sinned and perverted what was right,
    and it was not repaid to me.
28 He has redeemed my (X)soul from going down (Y)into the pit,
    and my life shall (Z)look upon the light.’

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Footnotes

  1. Job 33:26 Hebrew he

15 In a dream,(A) in a vision(B) of the night,(C)
    when deep sleep(D) falls on people
    as they slumber in their beds,
16 he may speak(E) in their ears
    and terrify them(F) with warnings,(G)
17 to turn them from wrongdoing
    and keep them from pride,(H)
18 to preserve them from the pit,(I)
    their lives from perishing by the sword.[a](J)

19 “Or someone may be chastened(K) on a bed of pain(L)
    with constant distress in their bones,(M)
20 so that their body finds food(N) repulsive
    and their soul loathes the choicest meal.(O)
21 Their flesh wastes away to nothing,
    and their bones,(P) once hidden, now stick out.(Q)
22 They draw near to the pit,(R)
    and their life to the messengers of death.[b](S)
23 Yet if there is an angel at their side,
    a messenger,(T) one out of a thousand,
    sent to tell them how to be upright,(U)
24 and he is gracious to that person and says to God,
    ‘Spare them from going down to the pit;(V)
    I have found a ransom for them(W)
25 let their flesh be renewed(X) like a child’s;
    let them be restored as in the days of their youth’(Y)
26 then that person can pray to God and find favor with him,(Z)
    they will see God’s face and shout for joy;(AA)
    he will restore them to full well-being.(AB)
27 And they will go to others and say,
    ‘I have sinned,(AC) I have perverted what is right,(AD)
    but I did not get what I deserved.(AE)
28 God has delivered(AF) me from going down to the pit,(AG)
    and I shall live to enjoy the light of life.’(AH)

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Footnotes

  1. Job 33:18 Or from crossing the river
  2. Job 33:22 Or to the place of the dead