Job 33:24
to be gracious to him and say, ‘Spare him from going down to the Pit; I have found his ransom,’
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
25then his flesh is refreshed like a child’s; he returns to the days of his youth.
Cross References
Exodus 33:19“I will cause all My goodness to pass before you,” the LORD replied, “and I will proclaim My name—the LORD—in your presence. I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.”
Job 22:21Reconcile now and be at peace with Him; thereby good will come to you.
Job 36:10He opens their ears to correction and commands that they turn from iniquity.
Psalms 22:4In You our fathers trusted; they trusted and You delivered them.
Psalms 40:2He lifted me up from the pit of despair, out of the miry clay; He set my feet upon a rock, and made my footsteps firm.
Psalms 71:3Be my rock of refuge, where I can always go. Give the command to save me, for You are my rock and my fortress.
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 →