Job 33:28
So He redeemeth his soul from going into the pit, and his life beholdeth the light.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
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 doth God work, twice, yea thrice, with a man,
Cross References
Job 3:16Or as a hidden untimely birth I had not been; as infants that never saw light.
Job 17:16They shall go down to the bars of the nether-world, when we are at rest together in the dust.
Job 33:18That He may keep back his soul from the pit, and his life from perishing by the sword.
Job 33:22Yea, his soul draweth near unto the pit, and his life to the destroyers.
Psalms 49:19(49-20) It shall go to the generation of his fathers; they shall never see the light.
Psalms 69:15(69-16) Let not the waterflood overwhelm me, neither let the deep swallow me up; and let not the pit shut her 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 →