King James Version

Job 33:24

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

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וַיְחֻנֶּ֗נּוּvaychunenvand beseechחָנַןconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and beseech”, the next action in the storyH2603properly, to bend or stoop in kindness to an inferior; to favor, bestow; causatively to implore (i.e. move to favor by petition)beseech, [idiom] fair, (be, find, shew) favour(-able), be (deal, give, grant (gracious(-ly), intreat, (be) merciful, have (shew) mercy (on, upon), have pity upon, pray, make supplication, [idiom] very.וַיֹּ֗אמֶרvayomerand sayאָמַרconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and say”, the next action in the storyH559to say (used with great latitude)answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, [phrase] (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, [idiom] desire, determine, [idiom] expressly, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] intend, name, [id…פְּ֭דָעֵהוּpedaehvdeliverפָּדַעverb, qal, imperative, 2nd person, masculine, singular, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “deliver”, a commandH6308to retrievedeliver.מֵרֶ֥דֶתmeredetfrom bring downיָרַדpreposition, verb, qal, infinitive construct — “from bring down”, the to-form of the verbH3381to descend (literally, to go downwards; or conventionally to a lower region, as the shore, a boundary, the enemy, etc.; or figuratively, to fall); causatively, to bring down (in all the above applications)[idiom] abundantly, bring down, carry down, cast down, (cause to) come(-ing) down, fall (down), get down, go(-ing) down(-ward), hang down, [idiom] indeed, let down, light (down), put down (off), (cause to, let) run down, sink, subdue, take…שָׁ֗חַתshachatdestructionשַׁחַתnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “destruction”, the ordinary formH7845a pit (especially as a trap); figuratively, destructioncorruption, destruction, ditch, grave, pit.מָצָ֥אתִיmatsaticomeמָצָאverb, qal, perfect, 1st person, common, singular — “come”, a completed actionH4672properly, to come forth to, i.e. appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e. find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present[phrase] be able, befall, being, catch, [idiom] certainly, (cause to) come (on, to, to hand), deliver, be enough (cause to) find(-ing, occasion, out), get (hold upon), [idiom] have (here), be here, hit, be left, light (up-) on, meet (with)…כֹֽפֶרkhofervillageכֹּפֶרnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “village”, the ordinary formH3724properly, a cover, i.e. (literally) a village (as covered in); (specifically) bitumen (as used for coating), and the henna plant (as used for dyeing); figuratively, a redemption-pricebribe, camphire, pitch, ransom, satisfaction, sum of money, village.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

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

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American Standard Version (1901)

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

Young’s Literal Translation

Then He doth favour him and saith, 'Ransom him from going down to the pit, I have found an atonement.'

World English Bible

then God is gracious to him, and says, ‘Deliver him from going down to the pit, I have found a ransom.’

Darby Translation

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

Douay-Rheims

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.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

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

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

he will support him, that he should not perish, and will restore his body as fresh plaster upon a wall; and he will fill his bones with marrow.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

ἀνθέξεται τοῦ μὴ πεσεῖν εἰς θάνατον· ἀνανεώσει δὲ αὐτοῦ τὸ σῶμα ὥσπερ ἀλοιφὴν ἐπὶ τοίχου, τὰ δὲ ὀστᾶ αὐτοῦ ἐμπλήσει μυελοῦ·