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Job 33:17

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33:17to turn a person from his sin,25

and to cover a person’s pride.26

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  1. 25 The simply has מַעֲשֶׂה (ma’aseh, “deed”). The has “from his iniquity” which would have been מֵעַוְלָה (me’avlah). The two letters may have dropped out by haplography. The is workable, but would have to mean “[evil] deeds.”
  2. 26 Here too the sense of the is difficult to recover. Some translations took it to mean that God hides pride from man. Many commentators changed יְכַסֶּה (yékhasseh, “covers”) to יְכַסֵּחַ (yékhasseakh, “he cuts away”), or יְכַלֶּה (yékhalleh, “he puts an end to”). The various emendations are not all that convincing.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

that he may turn man aside from his deed

and conceal pride from a man;

NIVNew International Version (2011)

to turn them from wrongdoing

and keep them from pride,

CSBChristian Standard Bible

in order to turn a person from his actions

and suppress the pride of a person.

NLTNew Living Translation

He makes them turn from doing wrong;

he keeps them from pride.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

to turn human beings aside from their deeds,

and he keeps man from pride.

KJV 1900King James Version

That he may withdraw man from his purpose,

And hide pride from man.