Job 33:28

Thus he redeemeth his soul from passing into the pit, and his life will look joyously on the light.

Leeser Tanakh

In The King James Version

He will deliver his soul from going into the pit, and his life shall see the light.

In Context

27He then should assemble men around, and say, “I had sinned, and perverted what is right, yet have I not received a like return.”

29Lo, all these things doth God two or three times with man;

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Cross References

Job 3:16Or as an untimely birth, hidden [from view] I should not exist; as infants that never have seen the light;

Job 17:16Let then my limbs sink down to the nether world: truly in the dust alone there is rest for all.

Job 33:18He withholdeth his soul from the pit, and his life from passing away by the sword.

Job 33:22Yea, his soul draweth near unto the pit, and his life to those that slay.

Psalms 49:19(49:20) She shall go to the generation of his fathers, unto eternity will these never see light.

Psalms 69:15(69:16) Let not the flood of waters overflow me, and let not the deep swallow me up, and let not the pit close its 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 →

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