Job 33:24

and if ¹  God ²  is gracious to him and says, ‘Spare ³  him from going down to the place of corruption, I have found a ransom for him,’ ⁴ 

Ex 33:19; Ex 34:6,7; Job 22:21; Job 33:18; Job 33:24; Job 36:10,11; Ps 22:4; Ps 30:9-12; Ps 40:2; Ps 49:7,8; Ps 71:3; Ps 86:5,15; Ps 86:13; Isa 38:17-19; Jer 31:20; Ho 14:2,4; Mic 7:18-20; Zec 9:11; Mt 20:28; Ro 3:24-26; Ro 5:20,21; 1Ti 2:6; 1Pe 1:18,19

¹ tn This verse seems to continue the protasis begun in the last verse, with the apodosis coming in the next verse.

² tn Heb “he”; the referent (God) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

³ tc The verb is either taken as an anomalous form of פָּדַע (pada’, “to rescue; to redeem,” or “to exempt him”), or it is emended to some similar word, like פָּרַע (para’, “to let loose,” so Wright).

⁴ sn This verse and v. 28 should be compared with Ps 49:7-9, 15 (8-10, 16 HT) where the same basic vocabulary and concepts are employed.