Job 33:26
He shall pray to God, and he will be favorable to him, And permit him to see his face with joy, And restore unto man his righteousness.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
25His flesh shall became fresher than a child's; He shall return to the days of his youth.
27He shall sing among men, and say, “I sinned; I acted perversely; Yet hath he not requited me for it:
Cross References
Job 19:27Yea, I shall see him my friend; My eyes shall behold him, and not another: For this, my soul panteth within me.
Job 34:11For what a man hath done he will requite him, And render to every one according to his deeds.
Job 42:8Take ye, therefore, seven bullocks and seven rams, and go to my servant Job, and offer for yourselves a burnt-offering, and my servant Job shall pray for you; for to him alone will I have regard; that I deal not with you according to your folly. For ye have not spoken concerning me that which is right, as hath my servant Job.”
Psalms 6:1“For the leader of the music; to be accompanied with stringed instruments; to the octave. A psalm of David.” O LORD! rebuke me not in thine anger; Chasten me not in thy hot displeasure!
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 →