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 

to be gracious to him and say, ‘Spare him from going down to the pit; I have found a ransom for him’—

Then let him be gracious to him, and say, ‘Deliver him from going down to the pit, I have found a ransom’;

God will be gracious and say, ‘Set him free. Do not make him die, for I have found a ransom for his life.’

A messenger who would mercifully intervene, canceling the death sentence with the words: 'I've come up with the ransom!'

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:

and he is gracious to that person, and says, ‘Deliver him from going down into the Pit; I have found a ransom;

Then He is gracious to him, and says, ‘Deliver him from going down to the Pit; I have found a ransom’;

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 

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.