Job 33:28
He redeemed my soul from going down to the Pit, and I will live to see the light.’
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
He will deliver his soul from going into the pit, and his life shall see the light.
In Context
29Behold, all these things God does to a man, two or even three times,
Cross References
Job 3:16Or why was I not hidden like a stillborn child, like an infant who never sees daylight?
Job 17:16Will it go down to the gates of Sheol? Will we go down together into the dust?”
Job 33:18to preserve his soul from the Pit and his life from perishing by the sword.
Job 33:22He draws near to the Pit, and his life to the messengers of death.
Psalms 49:19he will join the generation of his fathers, who will never see the light of day.
Psalms 69:15Do not let the floods engulf me or the depths swallow me up; let not the Pit close its mouth over 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 →