Job 33:28

Deliver my soul, that it may not go to destruction, 1 And my life shall see the light. 1

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

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

In Context

27Even then a man shall blame himself, saying, 1 What kind of things have I done? and he has not punished me according to the full amount of my sins. 1

29Behold, all these things the Mighty One works 1 In a threefold manner with a man. 1

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Cross References

Job 3:16Or I should have been as an untimely birth proceeding from his mother’s womb, 1 Or as infants who never saw light. 1

Job 17:16Will they go down with me to Hades, 1 Or shall we go down together to the tomb?

Job 33:18He spares also his soul from death, 1 And suffers him not to fall in war. 1

Job 33:22His soul also draws nigh to death, 1 And his life is in Hades. 1

Psalms 49:19Thy mouth has multiplied wickedness, 1 And thy tongue has framed deceit. 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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