Job 33:28
He hath delivered his soul from going into destruction, that it may live and see the light.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
He will deliver his soul from going into the pit, and his life shall see the light.
In Context
29Behold, all these things God worketh three times within every one.
Cross References
Job 3:16Or as a hidden untimely birth I should not be, or as they that being conceived have not seen the light.
Job 17:16All that I have shall go down into the deepest pit: thinkest thou that there at least I shall have rest?
Job 33:18Rescuing his soul from corruption : and his life from passing to the sword.
Job 33:22His soul hath drawn near to corruption, and his life to the destroyers.
Psalms 49:19For in his lifetime his soul will be blessed: and he will praise thee when thou shalt do well to him.
Psalms 69:15Draw me out of the mire, that I may not stick fast: deliver me from them that hate me, and out of the deep waters.
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 →