‏ Job 33:24


24 and if
tn This verse seems to continue the protasis begun in the last verse, with the apodosis coming in the next verse.
God
tn Heb “he”; the referent (God) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
is gracious to him and says,
Spare
tc The verb is either taken as an anomalous form of פָּדַע (padaʿ, “to rescue; to redeem,” or “to exempt him”), or it is emended to some similar word, like פָּרַע (paraʿ, “to let loose,” so Wright).
him from going down
to the place of corruption,
I have found a ransom for him,’
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.
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