33:16 Then he gives a revelation 1 to people,
and terrifies them with warnings, 2
33:17 to turn a person from his sin, 3
and to cover a person’s pride. 4
33:18 He spares a person’s life from corruption, 5
his very life from crossing over 6 the river.
33:19 Or a person is chastened 7 by pain on his bed,
and with the continual strife of his bones, 8
33:20 so that his life loathes food,
and his soul rejects appetizing fare. 9
33:21 His flesh wastes away from sight,
and his bones, which were not seen,
are easily visible. 10
33:22 He 11 draws near to the place of corruption,
and his life to the messengers of death. 12
33:23 If there is an angel beside him,
one mediator 13 out of a thousand,
to tell a person what constitutes his uprightness; 14
33:24 and if 15 God 16 is gracious to him and says,
‘Spare 17 him from going down
to the place of corruption,
I have found a ransom for him,’ 18
33:25 then his flesh is restored 19 like a youth’s;
he returns to the days of his youthful vigor. 20
33:26 He entreats God, and God 21 delights in him,
he sees God’s face 22 with rejoicing,
and God 23 restores to him his righteousness. 24
33:27 That person sings 25 to others, 26 saying:
‘I have sinned and falsified what is right,
but I was not punished according to what I deserved. 27
33:28 He redeemed my life 28
from going down to the place of corruption,
and my life sees the light!’
33:29 “Indeed, God does all these things,
twice, three times, in his dealings 30 with a person,
33:30 to turn back his life from the place of corruption,
that he may be enlightened with the light of life.