Job 33:24

Then is he gracious unto him, and saith, Release him from going down to the pit, I have found an atonement.

Leeser Tanakh

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

23If there be now about him one single angel, as defender, one out of a thousand, to tell for man his uprightness:

25His flesh becometh full again as in youth: he returneth to the days of his boyhood.

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Cross References

Exodus 33:19And he said, I will cause all my goodness to pass before thy face, and I will proclaim, by name, the Lord before thee; and I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and I will show mercy to whom I will show mercy.

Job 22:21Do but become acquainted with him, and be at peace: thereby will happiness come unto thee.

Job 36:10And he openeth thus their ear to correction, and saith that they should return from wrong-doing.

Psalms 22:4(22:5) In thee did our fathers trust: they trusted, and thou didst deliver them.

Psalms 40:2(40:3) And he brought me up out of the noiseful deep, out of the miry clay, and he set up my feet upon a rock, making firm my steps.

Psalms 71:3Be thou unto me a rocky habitation, whereunto I may continually resort, which thou hast ordained to save me; for my rock and my strong-hold art thou.

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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