Job 33:24

Then will God be gracious to him, and say, “Save him from going down to the pit: I have found a ransom.”

Noyes Bible

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

23But if there be with him a messenger, An interpreter, one of a thousand, Who may show unto man his duty,

25His flesh shall became fresher than a child's; He shall return to the days of his youth.

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Cross References

Job 22:21Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace: Thus shall prosperity return to thee.

Job 36:10He also openeth their ears to admonition, And commandeth them to return from iniquity.

Psalms 22:4Our fathers trusted in thee; They trusted, and thou didst save them.

Psalms 40:2He drew me out of a horrible pit, Out of the miry clay; He set my feet upon a rock, And made my steps firm.

Psalms 71:3Be thou the rock of my abode, where I may continually resort! Thou hast granted me deliverance; For thou art my rock and my fortress!

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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