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 

biblegateway Job 33:24

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

and to be gracious to him and say, "Spare him from going down to the Pit; I have found a ransom,"

then he will have pity on them and say, ‘Free them from going into the pit. I have found a ransom.’

biblegateway Job 33:24

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

and he is merciful to him, and says, 'Deliver him from going down into the pit; I have found a ransom;

bibleoremus Job 33:24

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

if he speaks on behalf of him and says, “Reprieve him from going down to the pit; I have the price of his release”:

biblegateway Job 33:24

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

Then he is gracious unto him, and saith, Deliver him from going down to the pit: I have found a ransom.

biblegateway 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 

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.