Job 33:24

He will support him, that he should not perish, 1 And will restore his body as fresh plaster upon a wall; 1 And he will fill his bones with marrow. 1

Updated Brenton Septuagint

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

23Though there should be a thousand messengers of death, 1 Not one of them shall wound him: 1 If he should purpose in his heart to turn to the Lord, 1 And declare to man his fault, 1 And show his folly; 1

25And he will make his flesh tender as that of a babe, 1 And he will restore him among men in his full strength. 1

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Cross References

Exodus 33:19And God said, I will pass by before thee with my glory, and I will call by my name, the Lord, before thee; and I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and will have pity on whom I will have pity.

Job 22:21Be firm, I pray thee, if thou canst endure; 1 Then thy fruit shall prosper. 1

Job 36:10But he will hearken to the righteous: 1 And he has said that they shall turn from unrighteousness. 1

Psalms 22:4Yea, even if I should walk in the midst of the shadow of death, 1 I will not be afraid of evils: for thou art with me; 1 Thy rod and thy staff, these have comforted me. 1

Psalms 40:2Blessed is the man who thinks on the poor and needy: 1 The Lord shall deliver him in an evil day. 1

Psalms 71:3Let the mountains and the hills raise peace to thy people: 1

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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