Job 33:27

Then he sings before men with these words: ‘I have sinned and perverted what was right; yet I did not get what I deserved.

Majority Standard Bible

In The King James Version

He looketh upon men, and if any say, I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, and it profited me not;

In Context

26He prays to God and finds favor; he sees God’s face and shouts for joy, and God restores His righteousness to that man.

28He redeemed my soul from going down to the Pit, and I will live to see the light.’

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Cross References

Genesis 16:13So Hagar gave this name to the LORD who had spoken to her: “You are the God who sees me,” for she said, “Here I have seen the One who sees me!”

2 Samuel 12:13Then David said to Nathan, “I have sinned against the LORD.” “The LORD has taken away your sin,” Nathan replied. “You will not die.

Job 7:20If I have sinned, what have I done to You, O watcher of mankind? Why have You made me Your target, so that I am a burden to You?

Psalms 11:4The LORD is in His holy temple; the LORD is on His heavenly throne. His eyes are watching closely; they examine the sons of men.

Psalms 19:7The Law of the LORD is perfect, reviving the soul; the testimony of the LORD is trustworthy, making wise the simple.

Psalms 119:128Therefore I admire all Your precepts and hate every false way.

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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