Job 33:29
Behold, all these things God does to a man, two or even three times,
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
Lo, all these things worketh God oftentimes with man,
In Context
28He redeemed my soul from going down to the Pit, and I will live to see the light.’
30to bring back his soul from the Pit, that he may be enlightened with the light of life.
Cross References
2 Kings 6:10So the king of Israel sent word to the place the man of God had pointed out. Time and again Elisha warned the king, so that he was on his guard in such places.
Job 40:5I have spoken once, but I have no answer—twice, but I have nothing to add.”
2 Corinthians 5:5And it is God who has prepared us for this very purpose and has given us the Spirit as a pledge of what is to come.
Ephesians 1:11In Him we were also chosen as God’s own, having been predestined according to the plan of Him who works out everything by the counsel of His will,
Colossians 1:29To this end I also labor, striving with all His energy working powerfully within 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 →