Job 33:23

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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;

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  • Mal 3:1 : 1 See, I am sending my servant, and he will make ready the way before me; and the Lord, whom you are looking for, will suddenly come to his Temple; and the angel of the agreement, in whom you have delight, see, he is coming, says the Lord of armies.
  • Eccl 7:28 : 28 For which my soul is still searching, but I have it not; one man among a thousand have I seen; but a woman among all these I have not seen.
  • Isa 61:1-3 : 1 The spirit of the Lord is on me, because I am marked out by him to give good news to the poor; he has sent me to make the broken-hearted well, to say that the prisoners will be made free, and that those in chains will see the light again; 2 To give knowledge that the year of the Lord's good pleasure has come, and the day of punishment from our God; to give comfort to all who are sad; 3 To give them a fair head-dress in place of dust, the oil of joy in place of the clothing of grief, praise in place of sorrow; so that they may be named trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, and so that he may have glory.
  • Lam 3:22-23 : 22 It is through the Lord's love that we have not come to destruction, because his mercies have no limit. 23 They are new every morning; great is your good faith.
  • Lam 3:32 : 32 For though he sends grief, still he will have pity in the full measure of his love.
  • Lam 3:39-41 : 39 What protest may a living man make, even a man about the punishment of his sin? 40 Let us make search and put our ways to the test, turning again to the Lord; 41 Lifting up our hearts with our hands to God in the heavens.
  • Ezek 18:25-28 : 25 But you say, The way of the Lord is not equal. Give ear, now, O children of Israel; is my way not equal? are not your ways unequal? 26 When the upright man, turning away from his righteousness, does evil, death will overtake him; in the evil which he has done death will overtake him. 27 Again, when the evil-doer, turning away from the evil he has done, does what is ordered and right, he will have life for his soul. 28 Because he had fear and was turned away from all the wrong which he had done, life will certainly be his, death will not be his fate.
  • Dan 9:14 : 14 So the Lord has been watching over this evil and has made it come on us: for the Lord our God is upright in all his acts which he has done, and we have not given ear to his voice.
  • Hag 1:13 : 13 Then Haggai, whom the Lord had sent to give his words to the people, said, I am with you, says the Lord.
  • Mal 2:7 : 7 For it is right for the priest's lips to keep knowledge, and for men to be waiting for the law from his mouth: for he is the servant sent from the Lord of armies.
  • Judg 2:1 : 1 Now the angel of the Lord came up from Gilgal to Bochim. And he said, *** I took you out of Egypt, guiding you into the land which I gave by an oath to your fathers; and I said, My agreement with you will never be broken by me:
  • 2 Chr 36:15-16 : 15 And the Lord, the God of their fathers, sent word to them by his servants, sending early and frequently, because he had pity on his people and on his living-place; 16 But they put shame on the servants of God, making sport of his words and laughing at his prophets, till the wrath of God was moved against his people, till there was no help.
  • Neh 9:33 : 33 But still, you have been in the right in everything which has come on us; you have been true to us, but we have done evil:
  • Job 9:3 : 3 If a man was desiring to go to law with him, he would not be able to give him an answer to one out of a thousand questions.
  • Job 11:6 : 6 And would make clear to you the secrets of wisdom, and the wonders of his purpose!
  • Job 34:10 : 10 Now then, you wise, take note; you men of knowledge, give ear to me. Let it be far from God to do evil, and from the Ruler of all to do wrong.
  • Job 34:12 : 12 Truly, God does not do evil, and the Ruler of all is not a false judge.
  • Job 34:32 : 32 ...
  • Job 35:14 : 14 How much less when you say that you do not see him; that the cause is before him, and you are waiting for him.
  • Job 36:3 : 3 I will get my knowledge from far, and I will give righteousness to my Maker.
  • Job 36:8-9 : 8 And if they have been prisoned in chains, and taken in cords of trouble, 9 Then he makes clear to them what they have done, even their evil works in which they have taken pride. 10 Their ear is open to his teaching, and he gives them orders so that their hearts may be turned from evil. 11 If they give ear to his voice, and do his word, then he gives them long life, and years full of pleasure. 12 But if not, they come to their end, and give up their breath without knowledge. 13 Those who have no fear of God keep wrath stored up in their hearts; they give no cry for help when they are made prisoners.
  • Job 37:23 : 23 There is no searching out of the Ruler of all: his strength and his judging are great; he is full of righteousness, doing no wrong.
  • Ps 94:12 : 12 Happy is the man who is guided by you, O Jah, and to whom you give teaching out of your law;
  • Ps 119:75 : 75 I have seen, O Lord, that your decisions are right, and that in unchanging faith you have sent trouble on me.
  • Acts 8:30 : 30 And Philip, running up to him, saw that he was reading Isaiah the prophet, and said to him, Is the sense of what you are reading clear to you?
  • Rom 11:13 : 13 But I say to you, Gentiles, in so far as I am the Apostle of the Gentiles, I make much of my position:
  • 1 Cor 11:30-32 : 30 For this cause a number of you are feeble and ill, and a number are dead. 31 But if we were true judges of ourselves, punishment would not come on us. 32 But if punishment does come, it is sent by the Lord, so that we may be safe when the world is judged.
  • 2 Cor 5:20 : 20 So we are the representatives of Christ, as if God was making a request to you through us: we make our request to you, in the name of Christ, be at peace with God.
  • Heb 12:5-9 : 5 And you have not kept in mind the word which says to you as to sons, My son, do not make little of the Lord's punishment, and do not give up hope when you are judged by him; 6 For the Lord sends punishment on his loved ones; everyone whom he takes as his son has experience of his rod. 7 It is for your training that you undergo these things; God is acting to you as a father does to his sons; for what son does not have punishment from his father? 8 But if you have not that punishment of which we all have our part, then you are not true sons, but children of shame. 9 And again, if the fathers of our flesh gave us punishment and had our respect, how much more will we be under the authority of the Father of spirits, and have life? 10 For they truly gave us punishment for a short time, as it seemed good to them; but he does it for our profit, so that we may become holy as he is. 11 At the time all punishment seems to be pain and not joy: but after, those who have been trained by it get from it the peace-giving fruit of righteousness. 12 For this cause let the hands which are hanging down be lifted up, and let the feeble knees be made strong,

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  • 24 And if he has mercy on him, and says, Let him not go down to the underworld, I have given the price for his life:

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    5 I would see what his answers would be, and have knowledge of what he would say to me.

    6 Would he make use of his great power to overcome me? No, but he would give attention to me.

    7 There an upright man might put his cause before him; and I would be free for ever from my judge.

  • 23 For he does not give man a fixed time to come before him to be judged.

  • 22 And his soul comes near to the underworld, and his life to the angels of death.

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    26 He makes his prayer to God, and he has mercy on him; he sees God's face with cries of joy; he gives news of his righteousness to men;

    27 He makes a song, saying, I did wrong, turning from the straight way, but he did not give me the reward of my sin.

    28 He kept my soul from the underworld, and my life sees the light in full measure.

    29 Truly, God does all these things to man, twice and three times,

    30 Keeping back his soul from the underworld, so that he may see the light of life.

    31 Take note O Job, give ear to me; keep quiet, while I say what is in my mind.

    32 If you have anything to say, give me an answer; for it is my desire that you may be judged free from sin.

    33 If not, give attention to me, and keep quiet, and I will give you wisdom.

  • 3 If a man was desiring to go to law with him, he would not be able to give him an answer to one out of a thousand questions.

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    32 For he is not a man as I am, that I might give him an answer, that we might come together before a judge.

    33 There is no one to give a decision between us, who might have control over us.

  • 21 So that he may give decision for a man in his cause with God, and between a son of man and his neighbour.

  • 14 For what has been ordered for me by him will be gone through to the end: and his mind is full of such designs.

  • 3 Is it on such a one as this that your eyes are fixed, with the purpose of judging him?

  • 10 And the man who was between the mountains, answering me, said, These are those whom the Lord has sent to go up and down through the earth.

  • 5 But if a man is upright, living rightly and doing righteousness,

  • 6 If you are clean and upright; then he will certainly be moved to take up your cause, and will make clear your righteousness by building up your house again.

  • 13 With him there is wisdom and strength; power and knowledge are his.

  • 29 For God makes low those whose hearts are lifted up, but he is a saviour to the poor in spirit.

  • Job 33:12-14
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    12 Truly, in saying this you are wrong; for God is greater than man.

    13 Why do you put forward your cause against him, saying, He gives no answer to any of my words?

    14 For God gives his word in one way, even in two, and man is not conscious of it:

  • 23 He takes away his fear of danger and gives him support; and his eyes are on his ways.

  • 1 If there is an argument between men and they go to law with one another, let the judges give their decision for the upright, and against the wrongdoer.

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    10 Now then, you wise, take note; you men of knowledge, give ear to me. Let it be far from God to do evil, and from the Ruler of all to do wrong.

    11 For he gives to every man the reward of his work, and sees that he gets the fruit of his ways.

  • 17 May a man be upright before God? or a man be clean before his Maker?

  • 16 If you are wise, take note of this; give ear to the voice of my words.

  • 25 On him who has mercy you will have mercy; to the upright you will be upright;

  • 26 On him who has mercy you will have mercy; to the upright you will be upright;

  • 34 Men of knowledge, and all wise men, hearing me, will say,

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    4 For the upright there is a light shining in the dark; he is full of grace and pity.

    5 All is well for the man who is kind and gives freely to others; he will make good his cause when he is judged.

  • 2 Let not your servant come before you to be judged; for no man living is upright in your eyes.

  • 23 To a man whose way is veiled, and who is shut in by God?

  • 3 If only I had knowledge of where he might be seen, so that I might come even to his seat!

  • 29 ...

  • 21 Put yourself now in a right relation with him and be at peace: so will you do well in your undertakings.

  • 19 If it is a question of strength, he says, Here I am! and if it is a question of a cause at law, he says, Who will give me a fixed day?

  • 16 And he saw that there was no man, and was surprised that there was no one to take up their cause: so his arm gave salvation, and he made righteousness his support.

  • 21 For his eyes are on the ways of a man, and he sees all his steps.

  • 20 How may he have knowledge of my desire for talk with him? or did any man ever say, May destruction come on me?

  • 11 For their saviour is strong, and he will take up their cause against you.

  • 5 If you are able, give me an answer; put your cause in order, and come forward.