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Job 33:23 — King James Version← Study notes

If there be a messenger with him, an interpreter, one among a thousand, to shew unto man his uprightness:


Job 33:23Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Job 33:2311 words
HebrewMeaning
אִםʾim
ifconjH518
can- · doubtless · if · that) ···
יֵ֤שׁyēš
thereparticleH3426
(he · it · shall · there ···
עָלָ֨י/וʿālāyw
on himpronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
מַלְאָ֗ךְmaləʾākə
is an angelnounH4397
angel · king · messenger
מֵלִ֗יץmēliyṣ
a mediatorverbH3887
have in derision · interpreter · make a mock · mocker ···
אֶחָ֥דʾeḥād
oneadjH259
alike · alone · altogether · and ···
מִנִּיminiy
ofpronH4480
after · among · at · because of ···
אָ֑לֶףʾālep
a thousandadjH505
לְ/הַגִּ֖ידləhagiyd
to tellpronH5046
certainly · certify · declare · denounce ···
לְ/אָדָ֣םləʾādām
to anyonepronH120
another · hypocrite · common sort · low ···
יָשְׁרֽ/וֹyāšərwō
uprightness hisnounH3476
meet · right · upright
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Church Fathers on Job 33:23

If there shall be an Angel, speaking for him one of like things to shew the righteousness of man, he will pity him. For who is this Angel, but He who is called by the Prophet, The Angel of mighty counsel? [Is. 9, lxx.] For because to declare is called “evangelize” in Greek, the Lord in announcing Himself to us is called ‘Angel.’ And he well says, If there shall be a messenger speaking for him; because, as the Apostle says, He even intercedes for us. But let us hear what he…

Gregory the Great · 6th century · Morals on Job, Book 24 §1
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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