Job 33:18-24

18He keeps people safe from death, so that they do not go to their graves.

19Or God may warn people with a painful illness. He may make their bodies hurt all the time.

20Then they do not want to eat anything. They cannot eat even the best food.

21Their bodies become very thin. People can even see their bones.

22They will soon die and go to their graves. Death is waiting to take them away.

23But perhaps an angel may come to help one of those people. He may speak on behalf of God, as a special angel among the many thousands of God's angels. The angel may tell that person how to live in a way that is right.

24Then God will be kind to that person. God will say, “Save that person, so that he does not go to his grave. I have found someone to pay the price for his life. So keep him alive.”