Job 33:28
He saved me from going down into the grave and I will live in the light.’
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
He will deliver his soul from going into the pit, and his life shall see the light.
In Context
27They sing, and tell others, ‘I sinned, I distorted what is right, but it did not do me any good.
29Look, God does this time and again for people;
Cross References
Job 3:16Why wasn't I a miscarriage, buried in secret, a baby who never saw the light?
Job 17:16Will hope go down with me to the gates of Sheol? Will we go down together into the dust?”
Job 33:18He saves them from the grave and spares them from violent death.
Job 33:22They are close to death; their lives approaching the executioner.
Psalms 49:19but their destiny is the same as their forefathers: they will never again see the light of day.
Psalms 69:15Don't let the flood waters wash over me. Don't let the deep waters pull me down. Don't let the grave close over 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 →