Job 33:24

he will support him, that he should not perish, and will restore his body as fresh plaster upon a wall; and he will fill his bones with marrow.

Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

Then he is gracious unto him, and saith, Deliver him from going down to the pit: I have found a ransom.

In Context

23Though there should be a thousand messengers of death, not one of them shall wound him: if he should purpose in his heart to turn to the Lord, and declare to man his fault, and shew his folly;

25And he will make his flesh tender as that of a babe, and he will restore him among men in his full strength.

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Cross References

Exodus 33:19And God said, I will pass by before thee with my glory, and I will call by my name, the Lord, before thee; and + 33:19 Rom. 9. 15. I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and will have pity on whom I will have pity.

Job 22:21Be firm, I pray thee, if thou canst endure; then thy fruit shall prosper.

Job 36:10But he will hearken to the righteous: and he has said that they shall turn from unrighteousness.

Psalms 22:4Yea, even if I should walk in the midst of the shadow of death, I will not be afraid of evils: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff, these have comforted me.

Psalms 40:2Blessed is the man who thinks on the poor and needy: the Lord shall deliver him in an evil day.

Psalms 71:3Let the mountains and the hills raise peace to thy people:

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 →

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