Job 33:28
He hath delivered my soul from going into the pit, and my life shall see the light.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
He will deliver his soul from going into the pit, and his life shall see the light.
In Context
29Lo, all these [things] worketh God twice, thrice, with man,
Cross References
Job 3:16Or as a hidden untimely birth I had not been; as infants that have not seen the light.
Job 17:16It shall go down to the bars of Sheol, when [our] rest shall be together in the dust.
Job 33:18He keepeth back his soul from the pit, and his life from passing away by the sword.
Job 33:22And his soul draweth near to the pit, and his life to the destroyers.
Psalms 49:19It shall go to the generation of his fathers: they shall never see light.
Psalms 69:15Let not the flood of waters overflow me, neither let the deep swallow me up; and let not the pit shut its mouth upon me.
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 →