Job 33:26
He prays to God, and he is favorable to him, so that he sees his face with joy, and he restores to man his righteousness.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
25His flesh shall be fresher than a child's. He returns to the days of his youth.
Cross References
1 Samuel 26:23And LORD will render to every man his righteousness and his faithfulness, inasmuch as LORD delivered thee into my hand today, and I would not put forth my hand against LORD's anointed.
2 Chronicles 33:12And when he was in distress, he besought LORD his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers.
Job 19:27whom I, even I, shall see on my side, and my eyes shall behold, and not as a stranger. My heart is consumed within me.
Job 34:11For the work of a man he will render to him, and cause every man to find according to his ways.
Job 42:8Now therefore, take to you seven bullocks and seven rams. And go to my servant Job, and offer up for yourselves a burnt-offering. And my servant Job shall pray for you, for him I will accept, that I not deal with you after your fol
Psalms 6:1O LORD, rebuke me not in thine anger, nor chasten me in thy hot displeasure.
Matthew Henry on Job 33:20-29
19 He is chastened also with pain upon his bed, and the multitude of his bones with strong pain: 20 So that his life abhorreth bread, and his soul dainty meat. 21 His flesh is consumed away, that it cannot be seen; and his bones that were not seen stick out. 22 Yea, his soul draweth near unto the grave, and his life to the destroyers. 23 If there be a messenger with him, an interpreter, one among a thousand, to show unto man his uprightness: 24 Then he is gracious unto him, and saith, Deliver him from going down… Read the whole commentary →