Catholic Public Domain Version
"he will have mercy on him, and he will say, “Free him, so that he will not descend to destruction. I have found a reason to be favorable to him. "
— Job 33:24, Catholic Public Domain Version
“Then he is gracious unto him, and saith, Deliver him from going down to the pit: I have found a ransom.”
“ThenGodis gracious unto him, and saith, Deliver him from going down to the pit, I have found a ransom. ”
“then God is gracious to him, and says, 'Deliver him from going down to the pit, I have found a ransom.'”
“and if God is gracious to him and says,‘Spare him from going down to the place of corruption, I have found a ransom for him,’”
“He shall have mercy on him, and shall say: Deliver him, that he may not go down to corruption: I have found wherein I may be merciful to him.”
“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:”
“Then he is gracious unto him, and saith, Deliver him from going down to the pit: I have found a ransom.”
His body will waste away, and his bones, which had been covered, will be revealed.
His soul has approached corruption, and his life has drawn near to what is deadly.
If there were an angel speaking for him, one among thousands, to declare the fairness of the man,
he will have mercy on him, and he will say, “Free him, so that he will not descend to destruction. I have found a reason to be favorable to him.
His body is consumed by suffering. Let him return to the days of his youth.”
He will beg pardon from God, and he will be soothing to him; and he will look upon his face in jubilation, and he will restore his justice to man.
He will consider mankind, and he will say: “I have sinned and truly I have offended, yet I was not treated as I deserved.”